commixtion

== English == === Alternative forms === commixion === Etymology === From Middle English commixtion, from Middle French commixtion, and its source, Latin commixtiōnem, from commiscēre (“to mix”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəˈmɪkst͡ʃən/ === Noun === commixtion (countable and uncountable, plural commixtions) (obsolete) The action of mixing or blending together; commingling. (obsolete) The blending (of wines, etc.); garbling. (obsolete) Coition; copulation; sexual intercourse. (obsolete) Commixture; a commixed condition or state. (obsolete) A mixture; a compound. (Roman law, Scots law) A method of acquiring property by mixing or blending substances belonging to different proprietors. (Christianity) The putting of a small piece of the host into the chalice during Mass, typifying the reunion of body and soul at the resurrection. === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “commixtion”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin commixtiō. === Noun === commixtion oblique singular, f (oblique plural commixtions, nominative singular commixtion, nominative plural commixtions) commixtion (act of mixing; result of this)