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promiscuous

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Promiscuous \Pro*mis"cu*ous\, a. [L. promiscuus; pro before, in place of, for + miscere to mix. See Mix . ] Consisting of individuals united in a body or mass without order; mingled; confused; undistinguished; as, a promiscuous crowd or mass. A wild, where ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Promiscuous men are rarely criticized as severely as promiscuous women. ▪ Rumors spread through the school that Jill was promiscuous . ▪ The survey found that single men aged 18--35 were more promiscuous than any ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, people or things, "mingled confusedly, grouped together without order, consisting of a disorderly mix; indiscriminate," from Latin promiscuus "mixed, indiscriminate, in common, without distinction," from pro- "forward" (see pro- ) + miscere "to ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
" Promiscuous " is a song by Canadian singer Nelly Furtado from her third studio album Loose (2006), featuring Timbaland . The song was written by Anthony Motz, along with Tim "Timbaland" Mosley , Furtado and Nate "Danja" Hills . The song's lyrics, which ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition. 2 Made without careful choice; indiscriminate. 3 indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners. 4 (context networking English) The mode in which a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20card ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. not selective of a single class or person; "Clinton was criticized for his promiscuous solicitation of campaign money" casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior" [syn: ...

Usage examples of promiscuous.

The extreme devastation, and promiscuous massacre, of a savage war, were justified, in the eyes of the emperor, and perhaps in those of the world, by the cruel equity of retaliation: and such was the discipline of the Romans, and the consternation of the enemy, that Valentinian repassed the Danube without the loss of a single man.

The consequences of this maxim would have prostituted the privileges of the Roman city to a mean and promiscuous multitude.

Many thousands of the citizens perished in a promiscuous slaughter, and there were few obnoxious persons in Egypt who escaped a sentence either of death or at least of exile.

Alexander, when the inhuman Maximin discharged his fury on the favorites and servants of his unfortunate benefactor, a great number of Christians of every rank and of both sexes, were involved in the promiscuous massacre, which, on their account, has improperly received the name of Persecution.

The soldiers, the citizens, their wives, their children, all who had not time to escape through the opposite gate, were involved by the conquerors in a promiscuous massacre.

The houses of the Tartars are no more than small tents, of an oval form, which afford a cold and dirty habitation, for the promiscuous youth of both sexes.

That rich and extensive country, as far as the ocean, the Alps, and the Pyrenees, was delivered to the Barbarians, who drove before them, in a promiscuous crowd, the bishop, the senator, and the virgin, laden with the spoils of their houses and altars.

At the same hour, and as if by a common signal, the cities of Italy were polluted by the same horrid scenes of universal massacre and pillage, which involved, in promiscuous destruction, the families and fortunes of the Barbarians.

The main body is composed of a promiscuous crowd of slaves, increased by the accidental concourse of idle or dependent plebeians.

The despair of the citizens was sometimes converted into fury: and whenever the Barbarians were provoked by opposition, they extended the promiscuous massacre to the feeble, the innocent, and the helpless.

Theophilus escaped, but the promiscuous crowd of monks and Egyptian mariners was slaughtered without pity in the streets of Constantinople.

Danube was deeply frozen: Zabergan led the cavalry of the Bulgarians, and his standard was followed by a promiscuous multitude of Sclavonians.

The college of princes and prelates purged themselves of a promiscuous multitude: they reduced to four representative votes the long series of independent counts, and excluded the nobles or equestrian order, sixty thousand of whom, as in the Polish diets, had appeared on horseback in the field of election.

They successively rushed on the promiscuous multitude, insufficiently provided with arms, and already vanquished by sorrow and fatigue.

If the sectaries of the metropolis were soon mingled with the promiscuous mass, those of the country struck a deep root in a foreign soil.