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Definition of Prurient
1. Adjective. Characterized by lust. "A salacious rooster of a little man"
Similar to: Sexy
Derivative terms: Lustfulness, Prurience, Pruriency, Salaciousness, Salacity
Definition of Prurient
1. a. Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious curiosity or propensity; lustful.
Definition of Prurient
1. Adjective. Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious anxiety or propensity; lustful. ¹
2. Adjective. Arousing or appealing to sexual desire. ¹
3. Adjective. Curious, especially inappropriately so. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prurient
1. having lustful thoughts or desires [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prurient
Literary usage of Prurient
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"Such things tend, we imagine, to confound the distinction between morality and
immorality, and have much the same effect as the prurient moral novels with ..."
2. Putnam's Word Book: A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of by Louis Andrew Flemming (1913)
"Italian paste, macaroni, vermicelli. itch, n. psora, scabies; prurigo;
sycosis (barber's itch); eczema; pruriency. itching, a. tingling, prurient. ivory, n. ..."
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