How do you pronounce promiscuous?

The recorded pronunciation is /pɹəˈmɪs.kju.əs/.

promiscuous

/pɹəˈmɪs.kju.əs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: pro-mis-cu-ous
IPA: /pɹəˈmɪs.kju.əs/

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Meaning

adj

Made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition.

adj

Made without careful choice; indiscriminate.

adj

Having many sexual partners, especially if indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners.

adj

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

Example Sentences

"Came singly where he stood on the bare strand, / While the promiscuous croud stood yet aloof."
"[T]hey had both been educated [...] on plans at once narrow and promiscuous, first in an English family and afterwards in a Swiss family at Lausanne, their bachelor uncle and guardian trying in this way to remedy the disadvantages of their orphaned condition."
"A sail caught by a promiscuous wind."
"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *per-, prōmiscuus

Inflected Forms

more promiscuous (comparative) most promiscuous (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonpromiscuous overpromiscuous promiscuity promiscuously promiscuousness superpromiscuous unpromiscuous

Phrases

promiscuous man promiscuous woman put out

Frequently Paired Words

promiscuous man promiscuous woman put out aroused

Synonyms

motley abandoned common easy fast lascivious lewd liberal libidinous licentious loose lustful

Antonyms

celibate chaste virginal