prurient
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prurient
- /ˈpɹʊəɹ.i.ənt/ UK
- /ˈpɹʊɹ.i.ənt/ US
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin prūriēns, present participle of prūriō (“itch”).
adjective more prurient · most prurient
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Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious anxiety or propensity; lustful.
We know that at that period certain indecencies in the dresses, even of those who were considered as the most refined and polished men of the age, were not only tolerated but ostentatiously displayed, and every sort of device that the most prurient mind could think of was had recourse to, to attract
Similar: lustful
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Arousing or appealing to sexual desire.
[…]nor is it more prurient or lascivious than many productions to be found in a circulating library.
Similar: titillating
- Curious, especially inappropriately so. Had she known that prurient anecdotes, breaches of confidence, scandalous facts, and cruel observations, were intended to constitute the matter and to enhance the price, her very heart would have broken under the affliction such a disgraceful proceeding exhibited,...
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adj uneasy with desire; lustful
| Español | lascivo, lúbrico, salaz |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 挑逗的 |
| Português | lascivo, libidinoso, indecente, promíscuo |
| Deutsch | lüstern, lasziv |
| Română | lasciv, libidinos |
| Русский | похотли́вый poxotlívyj, сладостра́стный sladostrástnyj |
adj arousing sexual desire
| 한국어 | 색을 지나치게 밝히는 saegeul jinachige balkineun |
|---|---|
| Português | lascivo |
| Français | lubrique |
| Русский | сексапильный seksapilʹnyj, возбуждающий vozbuždajuščij, заводящий zavodjaščij |
adj curious, especially inappropriately so
| Русский | любопы́тный ljubopýtnyj |
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title = {prurient},
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