promiscuousness
- a word derived from promiscuous.
Example Sentences
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The country groaned under the resultant taxation and the promiscuousness of the tribute exacted till, in 1572, John the Terrible ascended the Moldavian throne.
From The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Forbes, Nevill
The theory is now confronted with the opposite danger, that of materialism, or moral promiscuousness.
From The Moral Economy by Perry, Ralph Barton
Divorce was the attempt of morality to rescue marriage from promiscuousness.
From The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian by Harding, Ellison
Episodes of that sort discourage sentiment; so does cold, hunger and discomfort incident on sardine-like promiscuousness.
From The Crimson Tide A Novel by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Fantine was laid in the shade, among the first bones that came to hand; she was subjected to the promiscuousness of ashes.
From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
