English-Thai Dictionary

promiscuous

ADJ ที่ ประกอบด้วย หลาย องค์ประกอบ  diverse mixed ti-pra-kob-duai-lai-ong-pra-kob

 

promiscuous

ADJ ที่ มี พฤติกรรม สำส่อน ทางเพศ  lewd unrestricted ti-me-prued-ti-kam-sam-son-tang-ped

 

promiscuous

ADJ ที่ ไม่มี จุดประสงค์  ti-mai-me-jud-pa-song

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROMISCUOUS

a.[L. promiscuus; pro and misceo, to mix. ] 1. Mingled; consisting of individuals united in a body or mass without order; confused; undistinguished; as a promiscuous crowd or mass.
A wild where weeds and flow'rs promiscuous shoot.
2. Common; indiscriminate; not restricted to an individual; as promiscuous love or intercourse.

 

PROMISCUOUSLY

adv. In a crowd or mass without order; with confused mixture; indiscriminately; as men of all classes promiscuously assembled; particles of different earths promiscuously united. 1. Without distinction of kinds.
Like beasts and birds promiscuously they join.

 

PROMISCUOUSNESS

n.A state of being mixed without order or distinction.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROMISCUOUS

Pro *mis "cu *ous, a. Etym: [L. promiscuus; pro before, in place of, for + miscere to mix. See Mix. ]

 

1. Consisting of individuals united in a body or mass without order; mingled; confused; undistinguished; as, a promiscuous crowd or mass. A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot. Pope.

 

2. Distributed or applied without order or discrimination; not restricted to an individual; common; indiscriminate; as, promiscuous love or intercourse.

 

PROMISCUOUSLY

PROMISCUOUSLY Pro *mis "cu *ous *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a promiscuous manner.

 

PROMISCUOUSNESS

PROMISCUOUSNESS Pro *mis "cu *ous *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being promiscuous.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

promiscuous

pro mis cu ous |prəˈmiskyo͞oəs prəˈmɪskjuəs | ▶adjective 1 derogatory having or characterized by many transient sexual relationships: she's a wild, promiscuous girl | they ran wild, indulging in promiscuous sex and experimenting with drugs. 2 demonstrating or implying an undiscriminating or unselective approach; indiscriminate or casual: the city fathers were promiscuous with their honors. • consisting of a wide range of different things: Americans are free to pick and choose from a promiscuous array of values and behavior. DERIVATIVES prom is cu ous ly adverb, prom is cu ous ness noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin promiscuus ‘indiscriminate ’ (based on miscere ‘to mix ’) + -ous The early sense was ‘consisting of elements mixed together, ’ giving rise to ‘indiscriminate ’ and ‘undiscriminating, ’ whence the notion of ‘casual. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

promiscuous

promiscuous |prəˈmɪskjʊəs | ▶adjective 1 having or characterized by many transient sexual relationships: she's a wild, promiscuous, good-time girl | promiscuous behaviour. 2 demonstrating or implying an unselective approach; indiscriminate or casual: the city fathers were promiscuous with their honours. • consisting of a wide range of different things: Americans are free to choose from a promiscuous array of values. DERIVATIVES promiscuously adverb, promiscuousness noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin promiscuus ‘indiscriminate ’, (based on miscere ‘to mix ’) + -ous The early sense was ‘consisting of elements mixed together ’, giving rise to ‘indiscriminate ’ and ‘undiscriminating ’, whence the notion of ‘casual ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

promiscuous

promiscuous adjective 1 a promiscuous teenager: licentious, sexually indiscriminate, wanton, immoral, fast; informal easy, swinging, sluttish, whorish, bed-hopping; dated loose, fallen. ANTONYMS chaste, virtuous. 2 promiscuous reading: indiscriminate, undiscriminating, unselective, random, haphazard, irresponsible, unthinking, unconsidered. ANTONYMS selective.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

promiscuous

promiscuous adjective 1 despite what you seem to think, I have never been promiscuous: licentious, sexually indiscriminate, immoral, unchaste, debauched, dissolute, dissipated, profligate, of easy virtue, fast; libertine, wanton, abandoned, unrestrained, uncontrolled, incontinent; informal easy, swinging; N. Amer. informal roundheeled; W. Indian informal slack; informal, derogatory sluttish, whorish, tarty, slaggy; dated loose, fallen; archaic light; rare riggish. ANTONYMS chaste; moral, pure. 2 the promiscuous popping of antibiotics hasn't helped his T-cell count: indiscriminate, undiscriminating, unselective, random, irresponsible, haphazard, thoughtless, unthinking, unconsidered, casual, careless. ANTONYMS careful, selective.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

promiscuous

pro mis cu ous /prəmɪ́skjuəs , ｟米 ｠proʊ -/形容詞 1 (男女の )乱交の .2 ｟古 かたく ｠錯綜 （さくそう ）した, 乱雑な, 雑多な ; 無差別な .