promiscuous.
Made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition.
Meaning & usage
Made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition.
Made without careful choice; indiscriminate.
A sail caught by a promiscuous wind.
Having many sexual partners, especially if indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners.
The mode in which an NIC gathers all network traffic instead of getting only the traffic intended for it.
Where this word comes from
From Latin prōmiscuus (“mixed, not separated”), from prō (“forth”) + misceō (“mix”).
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