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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

promiscuus

;

pro

before, in place of, for +

miscere

to mix. See

. ]

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.

Distributed or applied without order or discrimination; not restricted to an individual; common; indiscriminate;

as,

promiscuous

love or intercourse

Adj.

[L.promiscuus; pro and misceo, to mix.]

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.

Common; indiscriminate; not restricted to an individual; as promiscuous love or intercourse.