Definition of Prurient in English :

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Prurient meaning in English

Meaning of Prurient in English

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Prurient pronunciation in English

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Prurient

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Adjective

1. lubricious, lustful, prurient, salacious

characterized by lust

Example Sentences:
'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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Prurient

see synonyms of prurient
adjective
1. 
unusually or morbidly interested in sexual thoughts or practices
2. 
exciting or encouraging lustfulness; erotic

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Prurient

see synonyms of prurient
adjective
1. 
having or expressing lustful ideas or desires
2. 
tending to excite lust; lascivious; lewd
3.  Rare
itching

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Prurient

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adj.
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.

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