Definition of "promiscuous" []

• Having casual sexual relations frequently with different partners; indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners. (adjective)
• Lacking standards of selection; indiscriminate. (adjective)
• Casual; random. (adjective)
• Consisting of diverse, unrelated parts or individuals; confused: "Throngs promiscuous strew the level green” ( Alexander Pope). (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "WILLENBRING: That's what we call a promiscuous molecule, because it's very small and it goes all over the brain and it affects multiple nerve systems."
• "I ask this because just as reiterating that being promiscuous is unhealthy is unnecessary to the conversation about someone stalking another for being promiscuous, it is unnecessary to reiterate that being fat is unhealthy when talking about someone stalking another on television."
• "But I am continually struck by the perplexing question of why perception persists that primarily gay and bisexual men are termed 'promiscuous.'"