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promiscuity Definition


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promiscuous
adj
    1. Indulging in casual or indiscriminate sexual relations.
      Thesaurus: lewd, wanton, licentious, libertine, depraved, debauched, dissipated, immoral, of easy virtue, abandoned, loose, wild, unchaste, dissolute, fast; Antonym: chaste.
    2. Haphazardly mixed.
      Thesaurus: mixed, miscellaneous, motley, confused, chaotic, diverse, intermingled, intermixed, disordered, casual, haphazard, jumbled, random, mingled, ill-assorted, higgledy-piggledy, heterogeneous; Antonym: controlled, selective.
Derivative: promiscuity
noun
    The quality of indulging in casual or indiscriminate sexual relations
      Thesaurus: immorality, lechery, wantonness, licentiousness, libertinism, depravity, profligacy, debauchery, looseness, permissiveness, promiscuousness, abandon, amorality, dissipation, laxity; Antonym: chastity.
Derivative: promiscuously
adverb
    Derivative: promiscuousness
    noun
      Etymology: 17c: from Latin promiscuus mixed up, from miscere to mix.



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