prurient
pru·rient
adjective
1.
- “eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer”
- “her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature”
- “prurient literature”
- “prurient thoughts”
- “a salacious rooster of a little man”
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin prūriēns, present participle of prūriō (“itch”).
Phrases
- prurient interest
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