— Mixtecan , adj. , n.
/mees"tek/ , n. , pl. Mixtecs , ( esp. collectively ) Mixtec for 1.
1. a member of an Amerindian people of Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Puebla, Mexico.
2. the Oto-Manguean language of the Mixtecs, consisting of a number of highly divergent dialects.
Also, Mixteco .
[ 1840-50; mixteco mixtecah, pl. of MIXTECATL person from Mixtlan ( mix ( tli ) cloud + -tlan locative suffix, - tecatl suffix of personal nouns) ]