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commixion

commixion is the alternative form of commixtion.

Meaning of commixtion

Noun

commixtion (countable and uncountable, plural commixtions)

  1. (obsolete) The action of mixing or blending together; commingling.
  2. (obsolete) The blending (of wines, etc.); garbling.
  3. (obsolete) Coition; copulation; sexual intercourse.
    • Of that commixtion they did then beget / This helliſh Dog, that hight the Blatant Beaſt; […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, page 426
  4. (obsolete) Commixture; a commixed condition or state.
  5. (obsolete) A mixture; a compound.
  6. (Roman, Scots law) A method of acquiring property by mixing or blending substances belonging to different proprietors.

See all 7 meanings of commixtion

Forms of commixion

pluralcommixions

Origin of commixion

From Middle English commixioun, commyxioun.

Questions about commixion

What is commixion the alternative form of?
Commixion is the alternative form of commixtion.

Words near commixion in the dictionary

  1. committy
  2. commix
  3. commixed
  4. commixes
  5. commixing
  6. commixion
  7. commixions
  8. commixt
  9. commixted
  10. commixtion
  11. commixtions

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