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单词 prurient
释义 pru·ri·ent
\-nt\ adjective
Etymology: Latin prurient-, pruriens, present participle of prurire to itch, long for, be wanton; akin to Latin pruna glowing coal, Sanskrit ploṣati he singes, burns, and probably to Latin pruina hoarfrost — more at freeze
1.
 a. : marked by restless craving : itching with curiosity
  < the reading public … in its usual prurient longing after anything like personal gossip — Charles Kingsley >
 b. : having or easily susceptible to lascivious thoughts or desires
  < titillated prurient people by its frank discussion of sexual experience >
 c. : tending to excite lasciviousness
  < the japes about sex … being prurient rather than funny — John McCarten >
2. : exhibiting abnormally rapid or excessive growth
 < pinching off the prurient bud — Nathaniel Paterson >
pru·ri·ent·ly adverb
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