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prurience Definition


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prurient
adj
    1. Unhealthily or excessively interested in sexual matters.
      Thesaurus: obscene, lascivious, salacious, indecent, lewd, lecherous, voyeuristic, concupiscent, lubricious.
    2. Tending to arouse such unhealthy interest.
Derivative: prurience
noun
    Derivative: pruriently
    adverb
      Etymology: 18c: from Latin pruriens, prurientis itching or lusting after.



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