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Definitions for Prurience
[1] having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
[2] causing lasciviousness or lust.
[3] having a restless desire or longing.
[4] unusually or morbidly interested in sexual thoughts or practices
[5] exciting or encouraging lustfulness; erotic
Words related to Prurience
prurienteroticism, hunger, lechery, lust, yearning, infatuation, rapture, eagerness, liking, appetite, craze, hankering, attraction, solicitude, thirst, relish, propensity, lustfulness, fervor, ardor
Words nearby Prurience
prurientprunella, prunelle, pruning hook, pruning shears, prunt, prurient, pruriginous, prurigo, prurigo mitis, prurigo nodularis, prurigo simplex
Origin of Prurience
t1630–40; < Latin prūrient- (stem of prūriēns ), present participle of prūrīre to itch
Other words from Prurience
pru·ri·ence , pru·ri·en·cy , noun
pru·ri·ent·ly , adverb
Word origin for Prurience
tC17: from Latin prūrīre to itch, to lust after
Synonyms for Prurience
admiration, amativeness, ambition, appetite, ardor, aspiration, attraction, avidity, concupiscence, covetousness, craving, craze, cupidity, devotion, eagerness, eroticism, erotism, fancy, fascination, fervor, fondness, frenzy, greed, hankering, hunger, inclination, infatuation, itch, lasciviousness, lechery, libido, liking, love, lust, lustfulness, mania, motive, need, passion, predilection, proclivity, propensity, pruriency, rapaciousness, rapture, ravenousness, relish, salacity, solicitude, thirst, urge, voracity, will, wish, yearning, doting, libidinousness