Definition of Pruriencies

1. Noun. (plural of pruriency) ¹

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Definition of Pruriencies

1. pruriency [n] - See also: pruriency

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pruriencies

pruning hook
pruning knife
pruning saw
pruning shears
pruninghook
pruninghooks
prunings
pruno
prunt
prunted
prunts
prunus
prunuses
prurience
pruriences
pruriencies (current term)
pruriency
pruriently
pruriginous
prurigo
prurigos
pruritic
prurition
pruritions
pruritis
pruritogenic
pruritus
pruritus ani

Literary usage of Pruriencies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1909)
"... health of the body; familiarity with the sight of the body abolishes petty pruriencies, trains the sense of beauty and makes for the health of the soul. ..."

2. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1824)
"... whose leniency to the peccadilloes and pruriencies of sainfo have never been called in question, but simply as a matter of profane taste. ..."

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