to mix together or move around socially meeting and talking with different people.
From Middle English, possibly from Old English 'mengan' (to mix), related to Germanic roots. The social meaning developed later as an extension of physical mixing.
Mingling at parties might be uncomfortable, but it's linguistically honest—the word literally means 'to mix,' and humans mixing with humans is exactly what should happen when we gather.
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