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- Dictionaryprurient/ˈprʊərɪənt/
adjective
- 1. having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters, especially the sexual activity of others: "she'd been the subject of much prurient curiosity"
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: marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire. especially : marked by, arousing, or appealing to sexual desire. pruriently adverb. Examples of prurient in a Sentence. He took a prurient interest in her personal life. a book that appealed to the prurient curiosity of its readers.
PRURIENT definition: 1. too interested in the details of another person's sexual behaviour: 2. too interested in the…. Learn more.
If you describe someone as prurient, you mean that they show too much interest in sexual matters. [ formal , disapproval ] We read the gossip written about them with prurient interest.
Something is prurient if it focuses attention on sex not in an artistic way or to teach something, but purely to appeal to your baser instincts. If something is prurient, it's sure to offend somebody.
adjective. /ˈprʊəriənt/ /ˈprʊriənt/ (formal, disapproving) having or showing too much interest in things connected with sex. a prurient interest in the details of a rape case. Word Origin late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘having a mental itching’): from Latin prurient- ‘itching, longing’ and ‘being wanton’, from the verb prurire.
What does the word prurient mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the word prurient, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. prurient has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. medicine (mid 1600s) plants (1820s) pathology (1820s) See meaning & use.
1. a. Characterized by an inordinate interest in sex: prurient thoughts. b. Arousing or appealing to an inordinate interest in sex: prurient literature. 2. Inordinately interested in matters of sex; lascivious. [Latin prūriēns, prūrient-, present participle of prūrīre, to yearn for, itch; see preus- in Indo-European roots.]
Britannica Dictionary definition of PRURIENT. [more prurient; most prurient] formal + usually disapproving. : having or showing too much interest in sex. He took a prurient interest in her personal life. a book that appealed to the prurient curiosity of its readers.
too interested in the details of another person's sexual behavior: He denied that the article had been in any way prurient. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. interested in learning about people or things. curious The best students are the ones who are curious about everything.
Jun 2, 2024 · prurient (comparative more prurient, superlative most prurient) Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious anxiety or propensity; lustful.
