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[ proor-ee-uhnt ] / ˈprʊər i ənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR prurient ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc. causing lasciviousness or lust. having a restless desire or longing. Origin of prurient1630–40; <Latin prūrient- (stem of prūriēns), present participle of prūrīre to itch OTHER WORDS FROM prurientpru·ri·ence, pru·ri·en·cy, nounpru·ri·ent·ly, adverbWords nearby prurientprunella, prunelle, pruning hook, pruning shears, prunt, prurient, pruriginous, prurigo, prurigo mitis, prurigo nodularis, prurigo simplex Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for prurientThe only interest served by the Guardians of Peace is our prurient interest. The Disaster Story That Hollywood Had Coming|Doug McIntyre|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST The influence of Oliver Stone, our granddaddy of prurient interest in political violence, hung thick in the air. The Strange World of Political Assassination Fantasies|James Poulos|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST And Monica Lewinsky, now 41, is once again the object of prurient curiosity. ‘Clinton Inc.’ Author Dishes on Monica Lewinsky and the Blue Dress|Lloyd Grove|July 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST He had this idea that he was in the wrong body and wanted to become a woman, and these issues are not just prurient. Alex Gibney on His WikiLeaks Documentary: Julian Assange Got Corrupted|Marlow Stern|January 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Perhaps this is one reason, beyond the prurient, that people are fascinated. The Jenna Divorce Obsession|Robin Givhan|October 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST Even from the religious point of view, prurient prudery is not justifiable. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 (of 6)|Havelock Ellis Grave, shy, and reserved, I was never taken into the counsels of prurient schoolmates. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 (of 6)|Havelock Ellis But with these obscene processes and prurient apparitions the gentle and happy scholar of flowers has nothing whatever to do. Proserpina, Volume 2|John Ruskin And this in the interest of health and longevity, not in the interest of a prurient and effeminate "art." To call such a man ‘ambitious,’ to figure him as the prurient windbag described above, seems to me the poorest solecism. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History|Thomas Carlyle
British Dictionary definitions for prurient
adjectiveunusually or morbidly interested in sexual thoughts or practices exciting or encouraging lustfulness; erotic Derived forms of prurientprurience, nounpruriently, adverbWord Origin for prurientC17: from Latin prūrīre to itch, to lust after Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to prurienterotic, sexual, salacious, bawdy, carnal, crude, desirous, fleshly, horny, hot, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, lustful, obscene, offensive, pornographic, raunchy |