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prurient
Definitions
(Adjective) Obsessed with improper, lustful thoughts.An inordinate interest in sex
Itching, longing, having an intense desire for something considered immoral, lusty, lascivious, or lewd; inclined to have lascivious or lustful ideas and desires; having a restless or erotic urge. See horny for synonyms.
ETYMOLOGY: From the Latin prurire, to itch.
(Noun) longing, having an intense desire for something considered immoral, lusty, lascivious, or lewd; having a restless or erotic urge.
Usage: the author of this book, wanted to show his readers of modern prurient of love, people like to hear.
(Adjective) immoderate or extreme interest in, not exclusively, sex or related matter.
Usage: 1. "He was manifesting a prurient interest towards his secretary's personal life."
2. "They seemed to promote social re engineering towards prurient behavior with the use of free pornography made available to minors."
2. "They seemed to promote social re engineering towards prurient behavior with the use of free pornography made available to minors."
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