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promiscuous

adj
/pɹəˈmɪs.kju.əs/

Etymology

From Latin prōmiscuus (“mixed, not separated”), from prō (“forth”) + misceō (“mix”).

  1. borrowed from prōmiscuus

Definitions

  1. Made up of various disparate elements mixed together

    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.

  2. Made without careful choice

    Made without careful choice; indiscriminate.

    • A sail caught by a promiscuous wind.

  3. 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 abuse against X’s spouse.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The mode in which an NIC gathers all network traffic instead of getting only the traffic…

      The mode in which an NIC gathers all network traffic instead of getting only the traffic intended for it.

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Derived

nonpromiscuous, overpromiscuous, promiscuity, promiscuously, promiscuousness, superpromiscuous, unpromiscuous

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at promiscuous. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at promiscuous. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at promiscuous

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA