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commixtionn. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French commixtion; Latin commixtiōn-, commixtiō. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French commixtion, Middle French commixion, commixcion, commiscion (French commixtion ) blending (13th cent. in Old French as commixion , commission ), sexual intercourse (a1339), intermingling (1464 or earlier, only in Anglo-Norman, rare), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin commixtiōn-, commixtiō mixture, mingling, sexual intercourse (2nd cent. a.d.), in post-classical Latin also result of mixture, compound (Vetus Latina; < commixt- , past participial stem of commiscēre to mix together (see commixed adj.) + -iō -ion suffix1). Compare later commistion n.With sense 2 compare mixtion n. Compare early modern German commixtion (a1526). society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [noun] > marriage of different races, societies, or castes a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 159 Englische men..hadde from the bygynnynge þre manere speche..as þey come of þre manere peple of Germania, noþeles by comyxtioun [1527 commixion; L. commixtione] and mellynge firste wiþ Danes and afterward wiþ Normans..þe contray longage is apayred. 1607 E. Topsell 21 There is more aborments falleth out by commixtion of horsses with asses, or asses with Mares, then when euery kind mingleth amongst themselues. 1636 E. Dacres tr. N. Machiavelli ii. iii. 274 Licurgus..considering that nothing could sooner take away the power of his lawes, then a commixtion of new inhabitants, did what he could, to hinder strangers from living with them. 1667 34 The true Ancient Primitive Episcopacy..was ballanced or managed by a due commixtion of Presbyters therewith. 1843 Apr. 291 No race has ever been civilized without commixtion with some more civilized race. 1873 A. Larsen 110/1 Folk-blanding, commixtion of nations, peoples. 1906 J. V. Meigs (title) The commixtion of the tribes, in the United States of America. the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > action or fact of mixing β. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. ii. xx. 88 Couenable and temperat commixiouns [L. commixtiones] of elementis. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine f. ccccxxxvij/2 The preest maketh comyxcyon of wyne and water. 1595 A. Chute 48 Tabacco hath so much the more efficacy, by how much there are fewer commixions. 1628 O. Felltham lxix. sig. V2v The height of friendship, when two similiary Soules shall blend in their commixions. 1652 Ripley's Compend of Alchemy in E. Ashmole 150 Of kyndly Commyxyon. 1669 W. Rowland tr. J. Schroeder 62 Destillation, Infusion, Decoction, or Commixion. 1689 C. Packe tr. J. R. Glauber i. 143 A spiritual Commixion. 1831 4 Feb. 24/2 A perpetual agitation and commixion of the whole mass. 1853 12 Apr. Diseases arising from bad food—too little food—Improper commixions of articles of food—gluttony, &c. &c. 1896 28 Feb. It is by a ‘nauseous commixion of passion and charlatanism, of venality and patriotism, that our modern plutocrats buy the proletariat’. the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual intercourse α. c1429 (1986) l. 1076 Marie bare vs a son without mans commixtioune. c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies i. iii, in (1885) 8 136 Fulynge..oute of wedloke with vnleueful commixtions. 1597 Bp. J. King xviii. 240 The commixtion of adulterers is wicked. a1600 (?c1535) tr. H. Boece Hist. Scotl. viii. xiii. f. 279, in at Commixtioun The brute that Merlyne was procreate be commyxtioun of ane incubie and ane gentill woman. 1797 July 335 A lecherous fri'r compress'd her in his cell. From this commixtion a dire dæmon came. the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > a mixture a1439 J. Lydgate (Bodl. 263) i. l. 2242 (MED) In hir herbis and commixciouns She made it boile. a1475 in J. O. Halliwell (1855) 72 (MED) Who so kane wyesly considere the nature of his colours and kyndely make his commixtions with naturalle proporcions..he schalle make curius colourys. ?1518 A. Barclay sig. C He couthe make playsters, and newe commyxcyons. 1596 in S. Ree (1908) II. 45 The said Isbell..maid a certane commixtioun of oyle and vther thingis. 1604 T. Wright (new ed.) v. 171 So many thousand sauces, and commixtions of spices. 1660 Poems in J. Dancer tr. T. Tasso 107 The next is lentils which they boil With a commixtion of whales oyl, With that a little brandy. the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 3 Makenge a commixtion of a thynge profitable with a sweetnesse mellifluous [L. velut utile dulci commiscentes]. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece i. viii. f. 7/2 Pepil..alliat vnder ane commixtioun of blude. 1609 W. Shakespeare iv. vii. 8 Were thy commixtion Greeke and Troyan so, That thou couldst say this hand is Grecian all: And this is Troyan. View more context for this quotation 1660 R. Boyle Proæm. 8 Stopples..of the common Plaister..which..would, by reason of the exquisite commixtion of its small parts, deny all access to the external Air. 6. Law. In civil law: society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > that which is inherited > equal division of inherited property 1607 J. Cowell sig. Nn Hotchepot... Metaphorically a commixtion or putting together of lands, for the equall division of them being put together. 1778 G. Stuart 240 A woman who had been married..might, on the death of her ancestor, if the portions of her sisters were to prove higher, make a commixtion of the tenements, and lay claim to an equal share. 1901 16 Feb. 130/2 Mackenzie considers that the acquisition of property by specification, confusion or commixtion may be referred to one or other of the two modes already mentioned, namely occupation or accession. 1704 T. Wood ii. iii. 94 By Commixtion, or a Mixture of Solids, which cannot be in common, unless by general Consent. 1754 J. Erskine I. ii. i. 109 Tho' the new species should be produced, from the commixtion or confusion of different substances belonging to different proprietors, the same rule holds. 1870 42 260/1 The precise rule which determines the rights of property remaining or arising after the confusion of liquids, or the commixtion of solids which, by the commixtion, are rendered incapable of separation. 2002 G. Laurie vi. 326 So, if two piles of corn (solids are governed by commixtion) or two bottles of wine (liquids are examples of confusion) are merged, the resulting property is owned in common by the owners of the original elements. society > faith > worship > parts of service > canon > [noun] > mixing of bread and wine society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > mass > [noun] > mixing of bread and wine in 1714 tr. T. Cranmer in J. Collier II. iii. 196/1 Then follows the commixtion of the Body and Blood of Christ together, signifying the joining together of his Body and Soul at the Resurrection. 1872 W. E. Scudamore 585 The Roman custom of putting a small piece broken off the Host into the Chalice..called the Commixtion, or Commixture. [Commixture is the word used in the following pages of the book.] 1904 (Alcuin Club) 30 I note more particularly that according to the older Roman custom the priest made the Commixtion after receiving the Host, and before partaking of the Chalice. 2002 Gen. Instr. Rom. Missal in (2004) ii. 84 After the Agnus Dei, he performs the commixtion, saying quietly the Haec commixtio (May this mingling). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.a1387 |
