Etymology
Origin of commixture
1580–90; < Latin commixtūra, equivalent to commixt ( us ) ( see commix) + -ūra -ure
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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
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 E. (Edith) Nesbit
The opposition of colours, though not the commixture, may be called a war.
From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Arthur Sherbo
Therefore it befell that our eager and credulous scholar unlearned quite as much as he learned, acquiring the wisdoms of our time in the crudest and most liberal commixture with its unwisdoms.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 by Various
The Emperor's objection to such commixture of religions was unusual and probably due to zeal for pure Buddhism.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Sir Charles Eliot
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