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Prurient

prurient
If you describe someone as prurient, you mean that they show too much interest in sexual matters. (FORMAL) We read the gossip written about them with prurient interest. = salacious ADJ: usu ADJ n c darkgreen]disapproval
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1.
   adjective  Etymology: Latin ~-, pruriens, present participle of prurire to itch, crave; akin to Latin pruna glowing coal, Sanskrit plo?ati he singes, and probably to Latin pruina hoarfrost — more at freeze  Date: 1592 marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire; especially marked by, arousing, or appealing to sexual desire  • ~ly adverb ...
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2.
  adj. 1 having an unhealthy obsession with sexual matters. 2 encouraging such an obsession. Derivatives prurience n. pruriency n. pruriently adv. Etymology: L prurire itch, be wanton ...
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  1. похотливый 2. снедаемый желанием, любопытством prurient curiosity —- жгучее любопытство 3. редк. зудящий ...
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4.
  adj. похотливый Syn: see lewd ...
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  ~ adj formal too strongly interested in sex - pruriently adv - prurience n ...
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6.
  - 1639, "itching," later "having an itching desire" (1746), from L. prurientem (nom. pruriens), prp. of prurire "to itch, long for, be wanton," perhaps related to pruna "glowing coals." ...
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