commixture

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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

And again he danced a singular commixture of the jig and cotillion, much to the Indian's amazement, for he thought him crazy.

From The Lost Trail by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

The plots of which the Duke was the centre have been described with a due commixture of history and romance in Mr. Allen Upward's fascinating story, God save the Queen.

From Collections and Recollections by Russell, George William Erskine

The rest of the unfinished programme shows the usual commixture of technical studies in anatomy and paleontology, with essays on the philosophical and educational bearings of his work.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 by Huxley, Thomas Henry

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