单词	prurient
释义	prurientpru‧ri‧ent /ˈprʊəriənt $ ˈprʊr-/ adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINprurient Origin: 1600-1700 Latin present participle of prurire ‘to itch, have desire’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Also because dere is prurient interest here on my part. Everything he wrote on those days seemed prurient. For him the sight is also shocking, but arouses a prurient curiosity. His most prurient thought was of her toothbrush, child size and blue, in the bathroom. Intellectuals have a weakness for the prurient, I read somewhere. It should arise from concern and interest in the counsellee, not from a prurient self-interest or inquisitiveness on the part of the counsellor. Mere tittle-tattle dredged up for purely prurient interest is another matter. Suddenly, one of my own was featured in a magazine I had peeped at previously, strictly for prurient purposes. having or showing too much interest in sex – used to show disapproval:  prurient interests—pruriently adverb—prurience noun [uncountable]
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