- prurience
- noun Date: 1781 the quality or state of being prurient
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prurience
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Prurience — Pru ri*ence, Pruriency Pru ri*en*cy, n. The quality or state of being prurient. [1913 Webster] The pruriency of curious ears. Burke. [1913 Webster] There is a prurience in the speech of some. Cowper. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
prurience — index pornography Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
prurience — [[t]prʊ͟əriəns[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) Prurience is a strong interest that someone shows in sexual matters. [FORMAL] Nobody ever lost money by overestimating the public s prurience … English dictionary
prurience — prurient ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters. DERIVATIVES prurience noun pruriency noun pruriently adverb. ORIGIN originally in the sense «having a craving»: from Latin prurire itch, long, be wanton … English terms dictionary
prurience — See prurient. * * * … Universalium
prurience — noun The quality of being prurient … Wiktionary
prurience — Synonyms and related words: an universal wolf, andromania, animality, aphrodisia, appetence, appetency, appetite, appetition, bawdiness, biological urge, bodily appetite, carnal desire, carnality, clitoromania, concupiscence, coveting, craving,… … Moby Thesaurus
prurience — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Sexual hunger: amativeness, concupiscence, desire, eroticism, erotism, itch, libidinousness, lust, lustfulness, passion, pruriency. See DESIRE, SEX … English dictionary for students
prurience — pru·ri·ence || prÊŠrɪəns / prÊŠÉ™r n. lustfulness, licentiousness, state of being obsessed with sex; state of promoting lustful thoughts or behavior … English contemporary dictionary
prurience — n.; (also pruriency) Itching, longing, lust, desire, appetite, hankering, cupidity, covetousness … New dictionary of synonyms
