promiscuity

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Female seed beetles are known for their promiscuity, a surprising fact given that the males of the species have dangerously sharp spikes on their sex organs.

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  1. noun The state or character of being promiscuous.
  2. noun Promiscuous sexual relations.
  3. noun A mixture of diverse or unrelated parts or individuals; a hodgepodge.

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  • Sexual promiscuity was a classic symptom of an abused child. —  A Grave Denied
  • Women, even princesses, were ignorant, sinful, vessels for making babies, immune to education and prone to promiscuity -- hence the Haram. —  F ;SF; - vol 103 issue 01 - July 2002
  • You agonize over threats to the natural environment (acid rain, toxic waste) but are oblivious to threats to the social environment (pornography, promiscuity, and family dissolution). —  AllDeaf.com
  • Female seed beetles are known for their promiscuity, a surprising fact given that the males of the species have dangerously sharp spikes on their sex organs. —  University of Toronto -- News@UofT
  • For of course, when promiscuity is the fashion, the chaste are outsiders. —  RVABlogs
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  1. = French promiscuite = Portuguese promiscuidad = Italian promiscuità, from Latin promiscuus, mixed, not separated: see promiscuous.
 

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