Promiscuity (See also Profligacy.) Allusions, Definition, Citation, Reference, Information - Allusion to 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]