单词 | promiscuousness |
释义 | promiscuousnessn. The quality or state of being promiscuous; promiscuity. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] brabbling1530 confusion1530 ruffle1533 pell-mellc1586 confusedness1587 huddle1606 Babel confusion1653 promiscuity1663 hugger-mugger1674 promiscuousness1676 clutter1692 jumblement1706 muddle1808 embranglement1826 mare's nest1837 muddlement1857 muddledom1891 muddliness1891 mêlée1895 mix-up1898 huddledom1923 buggeration1962 mixed-upness1967 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > promiscuity promiscuousness1676 promiscuity1847 swinging1964 tomming1981 zipper problem1985 1676 A. Sammes Britannia Antiqua Illustrata v. 71 By promiscuousness, I mean, when as the Land of Canaan is called, the Land of the Phoenicians, and the Phoenicians the Canaanites. 1738 S. Whatley tr. K. L. von Pöllnitz Mem. IV. 239 That which takes off very much from the Pleasure of Walks is, the Promiscuousness of the Company, Livery-Servants and the Mobility being suffer'd to walk here as well as Persons of Distinction. 1759 A. Adams Expediency & Utility of War 9 His Opinion of the Promiscuousness and Indifferency of God's Dispensations, was more just and honourable. 1840 Times 8 May 4/3 No person who knows the actual promiscuousness of communion in Scotch parishes will attach the slightest importance to this plea. 1889 Scribner's Mag. Dec. 729/2 We immediately went to work and applied our newly found ideas with an activity and promiscuousness that literally polished up the continent. 1931 M. C. Kahn Djuka viii. 125 After the dances, for instance, no open promiscuousness occurred. 1987 Washington Post (Nexis) 20 Dec. y10 I'm concerned about AIDS. And I don't want to condone promiscuousness. 2004 Daily Tel. 5 Jan. 18/2 Despite the promiscuousness with which they use my first name, they don't really know me that well. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1676 |
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