commingling

commingling

1. present participle and gerund of commingle

commingling (plural comminglings)

1. A mixing or mixture.
   • 1912 January, Zane Grey, “The Fall of Balancing Rock”, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 326:

     Dull revolver shots—hoarse yells—pound of hoofs—shrill neighs of horses—commingling of echoes—and again silence!

   • 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 366:

     Irie was alarmed to find such a commingling as this, such a successful merging of two people.