Definition of Mingling

1. Noun. The action of people mingling and coming into contact. "All the random mingling and idle talk made him hate literary parties"

Generic synonyms: Social Activity
Derivative terms: Mingle

Definition of Mingling

1. Verb. (present participle of ''mingle'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mingling

1. mingle [v] - See also: mingle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mingling

mingiest
mingin
minginess
minging
mingle
mingle-mangle
mingle-mangles
mingleable
mingled
mingledly
minglement
mingler
minglers
mingles
mingleth
mingling (current term)
minglingly
minglings
mings
minguzzite
mingy
minheap
minheaps
mini
mini-
mini-diskette
mini-floppy
mini-mal
mini-mals
mini-me

Literary usage of Mingling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Tall waxed the Spirit's altering form, Till to the roof her stature grew ; Then, mingling with the rising storm, With one wild yell away she flew. ..."

2. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1892)
"... Advantages of mingling Indians with Whites." An old and famous member of Congress from the South, noted for dignity and social qualities, ..."

3. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... And cheese of goats' milk grated fine thereon Through brazen grater, and white meal bestrewn; Then gracious of her mingling bade them drink: And, ..."

4. The Continental Legal History Series by Association of American Law Schools (1912)
"Introduction : The mingling of Legal Systems TOPIC 1. THE LOMBARD KINGDOM The Lombards and their Civilization. The Lombard Edict; its Formation and ..."

5. Public Education in the United States: A Study and Interpretation of by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1919)
"mingling of the two classes of people. These two classes of people met and struggled ... The effect of the predominance or mingling of these two classes is ..."

6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"... the contending parties ot the Roman army mingling tears of joy and tenderness, united under the banners of the imagined son of Caracalla, and (lie East ..."

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