Etymology
Origin of commixture
1580–90; < Latin commixtūra, equivalent to commixt ( us ) ( 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
My companion got up, giving him a thin glance which I caught in its passage, and which expressed a strange commixture of resignation and fascination,—a sort of perverted exaltation.
From Four Meetings by James, Henry
Arts may flourish, and as it were by a commixture and communication of Rays, inflame one another....
From Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
Then it suddenly became a mad commixture of Babel and hell.
From Bob Hampton of Placer by Parrish, Randall
The repaired crenellations, the inserted patches of the walls of the outer circle, sufficiently express this commixture.
From A Little Tour of France by Pennell, Joseph
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