promiscuous

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If she'd been like what I've hinted at, I wouldn't have gone her way, for the promiscuous is not for me.

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  1. adjective Having casual sexual relations frequently with different partners; indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners.
  2. adjective Lacking standards of selection; indiscriminate.
  3. adjective Casual; random.
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  • They were lazy, promiscuous, addicted, deadbeats, as whole choruses of conservative experts announced.
  • Donald was quite promiscuous, and there might be people who think they have a right to some of his money. —  Lovers, Make Moan - Gladys Mitchell-Bradley 60
  • As it is, it reads like liberals actually want to teach people to be promiscuous, which isn't true —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • As it is, it reads like liberals actually want to teach people to be promiscuous, which isn't true. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • But the common language is promiscuous -- useful to anyone who asserts that virtue resides in ordinary people and has the skills and platform to bring their would-be superiors down to earth —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
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  1. From Latin prōmiscuus, possessed equally : prō-, intensive pref.; see pro-1 + miscēre, to mix; see meik- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = Old French promiscue = Spanish Portuguese Italian promiscuo, from Latin promiscuus, mixed, not separated, from pro, forth, + miscere, mix: see mix.
 

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/prəˈmɪskjuəs/
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