Promiscuity (redirected from promiscuous)

Promiscuity

See also Profligacy.

Anatol

constantly flits from one girl to another. [Aust. Drama: Schnitzler Anatol in Benét, 33]

Aphrodite

promiscuous goddess of sensual love. [Gk. Myth.: Parrinder, 24]

Ashley, Lady Brett

forever falling in love with young men. [Am. Lit.: The Sun Also Rises]

Barbarella

scantily dressed, sex-loving, blonde astronaut. [Comics: Horn, 96]

Camille

“a woman of Paris.” [Fr. Lit.: Camille]

Compson, Candace

gave herself freely to every man she met; her illegitimate daughter became equally promiscuous. [Am. Lit.: Faulkner The Sound and the Fury in Magill I, 917]

Forrester, Mrs. Marian

traveling husband not enough to fulfill desires. [Am. Lit.: A Lost Lady]

Ganconer

fairy who makes love with, then abandons, women. [Br. Folklore: Briggs, 183–184]

Gomer

Hosea’s wanton wife. [O.T.: Hosea 1:1–3]

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Theresa Dunn haunts singles bars in a compulsive quest for the ideal lover. [Am. Lit.: Weiss, 267]

Messalina

wife of Emperor Claudius of Rome. [Rom. Hist.: Brewer Handbook, 701]

Rogers, Mildred

though a wanton, Philip loved her above all else. [Br. Lit.: Of Human Bondage; Magill I, 670–672]