English Explanatory Dictionary

commixtion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The action of mixing or blending together; commingling.
  2. The blending (of wines, etc.); garbling.
  3. Coition; copulation; sexual intercourse.
  4. Commixture; a commixed condition or state.
  5. A mixture; a compound.
  6. A method of acquiring property by mixing or blending substances belonging to different proprietors.
  7. The putting of a small piece of the host into the chalice during Mass, typifying the reunion of body and soul at the resurrection.

Pronunciation

/kəˈmɪkst͡ʃən/

Word forms

commixtion commixtions commixion

Etymology

From Middle English commixtion, from Middle French commixtion, and its source, Latin commixtiōnem, from commiscēre (“to mix”).

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