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ˈpruriently, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a prurient manner. a. With itching or uneasy desire. b. With lascivious inclination or suggestion.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. iii. i, All things..are got into hot and hotter prurience; and must go on pruriently fermenting, in continual change. 1840― Heroes vi. (1858) 352 Examine the man who lives in misery because he does not shine above other men;..pruriently anxious about his gifts and claims. 1907Academy 9 Mar. 234/1 Pruriently presenting to the mind pictures which have no merit but their salaciousness. |