- promiscuous
- pro·mis·cu·ous
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promiscuous
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Promiscuous — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Promiscuous Sencillo de Nelly Furtado con Timbaland del álbum Loose Lado B Crazy (original de Gnarls Barkley) Undercover Lanzado … Wikipedia Español
Promiscuous — Pro*mis cu*ous, a. [L. promiscuus; pro before, in place of, for + miscere to mix. See {Mix}. ] [1913 Webster] 1. Consisting of individuals united in a body or mass without order; mingled; confused; undistinguished; as, a promiscuous crowd or mass … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Promiscuous — режим в компьютерных сетях. Это особый режим оборудования Ethernet, как правило сетевых интерфейсных карт (NIC), который позволяет карте получать весь трафик сети, даже если этот трафик не адресован конкретно данной карте. По умолчанию NIC… … Википедия
promiscuous — The sense relating to sexual behaviour is now so dominant that we need to be reminded of an older meaning ‘casual, random’ in more general contexts that is found in Dickens and other literary contexts: • I walked in…just to say good mornin , and… … Modern English usage
promiscuous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having or characterized by many transient sexual relationships. 2) indiscriminate or casual: a promiscuous mixing of styles. DERIVATIVES promiscuity noun promiscuously adverb. ORIGIN Latin promiscuus indiscriminate … English terms dictionary
promiscuous — I adjective alloyed, amalgamated, blended, carnal, casual, chaotic, commingled, composite, confused, conjoined, crossbred, crossed, debauched, dissolute, diverse, easy, free, fused, heterogeneous, immodest, immoral, incontinent, indiscriminate,… … Law dictionary
promiscuous — (adj.) c.1600, consisting of a disorderly mixture of people or things, from L. promiscuus mixed, indiscriminate, from pro forward (see PRO (Cf. pro )) + miscere to mix (see MIX (Cf. mix) (v.)). Meaning indiscriminate in sexual relations first… … Etymology dictionary
promiscuous — heterogeneous, motley, *miscellaneous Analogous words: mixed, mingled, blended, merged (see MIX): *random, haphazard, desultory, casual: *indiscriminate, wholesale, sweeping: iicentious, lewd, wanton, lascivious Contrasted words: discriminating,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
promiscuous — [adj] indiscriminately sexually active abandoned, debauched, dissipated, dissolute, easy*, fast*, immoral, indiscriminate, lax, libertine, licentious, loose*, of easy virtue, oversexed, profligate, pushover, unbridled, unchaste, undiscriminating … New thesaurus
promiscuous — [prō mis′kyo͞o əs, prəmis′kyo͞o əs] adj. [L promiscuus < pro , forth (see PRO 2) + miscere, to MIX] 1. consisting of different elements mixed together or mingled without sorting or discrimination 2. characterized by a lack of discrimination;… … English World dictionary
promiscuous — [[t]prəmɪ̱skjuəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) Someone who is promiscuous has sex with many different people. She is perceived as vain, spoilt and promiscuous... You know the risks of promiscuous sex. Derived words: promiscuity… … English dictionary
