Promiscuous

Promiscuous
Promiscuous Pro*mis"cu*ous, a. [L. promiscuus; pro before, in place of, for + miscere to mix. See {Mix}. ] [1913 Webster] 1. Consisting of individuals united in a body or mass without order; mingled; confused; undistinguished; as, a promiscuous crowd or mass. [1913 Webster]

A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

2. Distributed or applied without order or discrimination; not restricted to an individual; common; indiscriminate; as, promiscuous love or intercourse. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу
Synonyms:

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Promiscuous — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Promiscuous Sencillo de Nelly Furtado con Timbaland del álbum Loose Lado B Crazy (original de Gnarls Barkley) Undercover Lanzado …   Wikipedia Español

  • Promiscuous — режим в компьютерных сетях. Это особый режим оборудования Ethernet, как правило сетевых интерфейсных карт (NIC), который позволяет карте получать весь трафик сети, даже если этот трафик не адресован конкретно данной карте. По умолчанию NIC… …   Википедия

  • promiscuous — The sense relating to sexual behaviour is now so dominant that we need to be reminded of an older meaning ‘casual, random’ in more general contexts that is found in Dickens and other literary contexts: • I walked in…just to say good mornin , and… …   Modern English usage

  • promiscuous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having or characterized by many transient sexual relationships. 2) indiscriminate or casual: a promiscuous mixing of styles. DERIVATIVES promiscuity noun promiscuously adverb. ORIGIN Latin promiscuus indiscriminate …   English terms dictionary

  • promiscuous — I adjective alloyed, amalgamated, blended, carnal, casual, chaotic, commingled, composite, confused, conjoined, crossbred, crossed, debauched, dissolute, diverse, easy, free, fused, heterogeneous, immodest, immoral, incontinent, indiscriminate,… …   Law dictionary

  • promiscuous — (adj.) c.1600, consisting of a disorderly mixture of people or things, from L. promiscuus mixed, indiscriminate, from pro forward (see PRO (Cf. pro )) + miscere to mix (see MIX (Cf. mix) (v.)). Meaning indiscriminate in sexual relations first… …   Etymology dictionary

  • promiscuous — heterogeneous, motley, *miscellaneous Analogous words: mixed, mingled, blended, merged (see MIX): *random, haphazard, desultory, casual: *indiscriminate, wholesale, sweeping: iicentious, lewd, wanton, lascivious Contrasted words: discriminating,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • promiscuous — [adj] indiscriminately sexually active abandoned, debauched, dissipated, dissolute, easy*, fast*, immoral, indiscriminate, lax, libertine, licentious, loose*, of easy virtue, oversexed, profligate, pushover, unbridled, unchaste, undiscriminating …   New thesaurus

  • promiscuous — [prō mis′kyo͞o əs, prəmis′kyo͞o əs] adj. [L promiscuus < pro , forth (see PRO 2) + miscere, to MIX] 1. consisting of different elements mixed together or mingled without sorting or discrimination 2. characterized by a lack of discrimination;… …   English World dictionary

  • promiscuous — [[t]prəmɪ̱skjuəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) Someone who is promiscuous has sex with many different people. She is perceived as vain, spoilt and promiscuous... You know the risks of promiscuous sex. Derived words: promiscuity… …   English dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”