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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prurient \Pru"ri*ent\, a. [L. pruries, -entis, p. pr of prurire
to itch. Cf {Freeze}.]
Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious
curiosity or propensity; lustful. -- {Pru"ri*ent*ly}, adv
The eye of the vain and prurient is darting from object
to object of illicit attraction. --I. Taylor.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
prurient
adj : characterized by lust; "eluding the lubricious embraces of
her employer"; "her sensuous grace roused his lustful
nature"; "prurient literature"; "prurient thoughts"; "a
salacious rooster of a little man" [syn: {lubricious},
{lustful}, {salacious}]
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