OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 19952

promiscuous

/pɹəˈmɪs.kju.əs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
promiscuo
Made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition.
Came singly where he stood on the bare strand, / While the promiscuous croud stood yet aloof.
[T]hey had both been educated [...] on plans at once narrow and promiscuous, first in an English family and afterwards in a Swiss family at Lausanne, their bachelor uncle and guard…
promiscuo
Made without careful choice; indiscriminate.
A sail caught by a promiscuous wind.
promiscuo
Having many sexual partners, especially if indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners.
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 ab…