English Explanatory Dictionary

promiscuous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition.
  2. Made without careful choice; indiscriminate.
  3. Having many sexual partners, especially if indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners.
  4. The mode in which an NIC gathers all network traffic instead of getting only the traffic intended for it.

Pronunciation

/pɹəˈmɪs.kju.əs/ en-au-promiscuous.ogg

Word forms

promiscuous more promiscuous most promiscuous

Etymology

From Latin prōmiscuus (“mixed, not separated”), from prō (“forth”) + misceō (“mix”).

Synonyms

abandoned common easy fast lascivious lewd liberal libidinous licentious loose lustful lusty promiscuous riggish slack unchaste wanton wappened motley

Antonyms

celibate chaste virginal

Related words

promiscuous man promiscuous woman put out aroused

Derived words

nonpromiscuous overpromiscuous promiscuity promiscuously promiscuousness superpromiscuous unpromiscuous
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