Etymology
Origin of commixture
1580–90; < Latin commixtūra, equivalent to commixt ( us ) ( see commix) + -ūra -ure
Example Sentences
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The volume of rain produced in the Condor’s water cycle is enormous, says Luna, thanks to a unique commixture of altitudes, endemic soils, and solar and wind patterns.
From Salon • Feb. 10, 2013
Mixture -- N. mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion†; commixion†, intermixture, alloyage†, matrimony; junction &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
Then it suddenly became a mad commixture of Babel and hell.
From Bob Hampton of Placer by Parrish, Randall
The godhead “empties” itself that it may come within the capacity of the human nature, and the human nature is renewed by becoming divine through its commixture with the divine.…
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
The repaired crenellations, the inserted patches, of the walls of the outer circle sufficiently express this commixture.
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 France and the Netherlands, Part 2 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
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