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commixtion

/kəˈmɪkst͡ʃən/

commixtion noun: the action of mixing or blending together; commingling.

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.
  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.

commixtion meaning in Tamil

commixtion in Tamil

ஒருங்கு கலத்தல்

Forms of commixtion

pluralcommixtions
alternative formcommixion

Origin of commixtion

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

Questions about commixtion

What does commixtion mean?
Commixtion means the action of mixing or blending together; commingling.
What is commixtion in Tamil?
Commixtion in Tamil is ஒருங்கு கலத்தல். See Commixtion meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is commixtion?
Commixtion is a noun.
How do you pronounce commixtion?
Commixtion is pronounced /kəˈmɪkst͡ʃən/.
What is the plural of commixtion?
The plural of commixtion is commixtions.

Words near commixtion in the dictionary

  1. commixing
  2. commixion
  3. commixions
  4. commixt
  5. commixted
  6. commixtion
  7. commixtions
  8. commixture
  9. commixtures
  10. commlink
  11. commlinks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: commixtion (page history and authors); commixtion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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