prurient
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prurient /ˈprʊərɪənt/
▶adjective having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters.
– derivatives
prurience noun,
pruriency noun,
pruriently adverb.
prurience noun,
pruriency noun,
pruriently adverb.
– origin C16 (in the sense ‘having a craving’): from L. prurient-, prurire ‘itch, long, be wanton’.
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