How to pronounce“prurient”in English
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Definitions of “prurient”
Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious anxiety or propensity; lustful.
“We know that at that period certain indecencies in the dresses, even of those who were considered as the most refined and polished men of the age, were not only tolerated but ostentatiously displayed, and every sort of device that the most prurient mind could think of was had recourse to, to attract attention or excite a smile.”
Arousing or appealing to sexual desire.
“[…]nor is it more prurient or lascivious than many productions to be found in a circulating library.”
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