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promiscuous
English
Etymology
From Latin pr?miscuus (“mixed, not separated”), from pr? (“forth”) + misce? (“mix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???m?skju??s/
Adjective
promiscuous (comparative more promiscuous, superlative most promiscuous)
- Made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition.
- Synonym: motley
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, ll. 379-80
- Came singly where he stood on the bare strand, / While the promiscuous croud stood yet aloof.
- Made without careful choice; indiscriminate.
- A sail caught by a promiscuous wind.
- (derogatory) Indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners, or having many sexual partners.
- (networking) The mode in which an NIC gathers all network traffic instead of getting only the traffic intended for it.
Derived terms
- promiscuity
- promiscuousness
Translations
See also
- Thesaurus:promiscuous man
- Thesaurus:promiscuous woman
Further reading
- promiscuous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- promiscuous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- promiscuous at OneLook Dictionary Search
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depraved
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??p?e?vd/
Verb
depraved
- simple past tense and past participle of deprave
Adjective
depraved (comparative more depraved, superlative most depraved)
- Perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.
- (archaic) Distorted out of the normal course; abnormal.
- 1916, Veterinary Medicine (volume 11, page 759)
- There was a constant dripping of urine from the penis, a depraved appetite and meninguria. On examination, two calculi were easily felt, and I advised the owner that an operation was all that would save his animal […]
- 1916, Veterinary Medicine (volume 11, page 759)
Derived terms
- depraved-heart murder
- depravedly
- depravedness
Related terms
- deprave
- depravity
Translations
Anagrams
- pervaded
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