commistion
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Of muche aboundant ſuperfluous bloude contayned in the hole body: oꝛ of muche commiſtion of the melancholy humoꝛ ⁊ the bloude to gether / by the which the bloude is enfyꝛed and chawfed: and ſo diſtendeth openeth and ſetteth abꝛoade the vaynes whiche deſcende to the matrice."
- "And there is ſcarce any Natural Body, wherein the Form makes ſo ſtrict, durable, and indiſſoluble an Union of the parts it conſiſts of, as that, which, in that Factitious Concrete we call Glaſs, ariſes from the bare commiſtion of the Corpuſcles of Sand with thoſe Saline ones, wherewith they are colliquated by the violence of the fire: and the like may be ſaid of the Union of the proper Accidents of Glaſſe with the Matter of it, and betwixt one another."
- "Chymiſtry handles all Bodies of the three Kingdoms; it acts by motion, and either unites or ſeparates Bodies by Commiſtion or Fire."
Etymology
From Middle English commistion, from Latin commistiō.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: commistion, commistiō