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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The action of mixing or blending together; commingling. countable, obsolete, uncountable
2. 2
   The blending (of wines, etc.); garbling. countable, obsolete, uncountable
3. 3
   Coition; copulation; sexual intercourse. countable, obsolete, uncountable

   "Of that commixtion they did then beget / This helliſh Dog, that hight the Blatant Beaſt; […]"

4. 4
   Commixture; a commixed condition or state. countable, obsolete, uncountable
5. 5
   A mixture; a compound. countable, obsolete, uncountable

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6. 6
   A method of acquiring property by mixing or blending substances belonging to different proprietors. Roman, countable, uncountable
7. 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. countable, uncountable

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actionassbootyconjunctionconversationcopulation

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"Of that commixtion they did then beget / This helliſh Dog, that hight the Blatant Beaſt; […]"

Etymology

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

Related phrases

sexual intercourse

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