prurient
Pronunciation: /ˈpɹʊəɹ.i.ənt/
The English word “prurient” has 3 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious anxiety or propensity; lustful.
- Arousing or appealing to sexual desire.
- Curious, especially inappropriately so.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin prūriēns, present participle of prūriō (“itch”).
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