promiscuous

 
Pronunciation: /prəˈmɪskjʊəs/

adjective

  • 1having or characterized by many transient sexual relationships: she’s a wild, promiscuous, good-time girl promiscuous behaviour
  • 2demonstrating 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 century: 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'