commixion

English

Etymology

From Middle English commixioun, commyxioun.

Noun

commixion (plural commixions)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of commixtion.
   • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v], column 2:

     Were thy commixion, Greeke and Troian ſo,
     That thou could'ſt ſay, this hand is Grecian all,
     And this is Troian: the ſinewes of this Legge,
     All Greeke, and this all Troy: […]

     The First Quarto (1609) has commixtion.

References

• “commixion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.