prurient

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious anxiety or propensity; lustful.
Arousing or appealing to sexual desire.
Curious, especially inappropriately so.

/ˈpɹʊəɹ.i.ənt/ /ˈpɹʊɹ.i.ənt/ en-us-prurient.ogg

prurient more prurient most prurient

Learned borrowing from Latin prūriēns, present participle of prūriō (“itch”).

lustful titillating

prurition pruritus

nonprurient prurience pruriency prurient interest pruriently unprurient

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