promiscuous
pronunciation
How to pronounce promiscuous in British English:
UK [prəˈmɪskjuəs]
How to pronounce promiscuous in American English:
US [prəˈmɪskjuəs]
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- Adjective:
- not selective of a single class or person
- casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
Word Origin
- promiscuous
- promiscuous: see mix
- promiscuous (adj.)
- 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 mix" (see mix (v.)). Meaning "indiscriminate in sexual relations" recorded by 1857, from promiscuity. The Latin adjective was used with conubia (such as between patricians and plebeians). Related: Promiscuously.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Men are more promiscuous than women .
- 2. It is the poetry of drugs and promiscuous sex .
- 3. For example , she said , studies comparing the risk of hiv among homosexual men and promiscuous heterosexuals would be helpful .
- 4. If they 're as promiscuous as women ?
- 5. I told him the truth , that I was not promiscuous and yes I had always used .