promiscuous

CEFRC1

/pɹəˈmɪs.kju.əs/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Involving many casual sexual relationships or lacking careful choice.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Having many sexual partners, especially if indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners.

Examples

  • Aren't people who have promiscuous sex afraid of VDs like AIDS?

  • Mary is a promiscuous woman.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Made without careful choice; indiscriminate.

  2. Made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition.

  3. The mode in which an NIC gathers all network traffic instead of getting only the traffic intended for it.

More examples

In context

  • A sail caught by a promiscuous wind.

  • Came singly where he stood on the bare strand, / While the promiscuous croud stood yet aloof.

  • X spreads false rumours to third parties about X’s spouse being promiscuous. X’s spouse finds out about the rumours and is distressed. X has committed emotional or psychological abuse against X’s spouse.

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Quick test

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The research showed that the mating behavior of the birds was not blank; they only had one partner.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

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