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Prurient
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Meaning
Adj
●
Uneasy with
desire
;
itching
; especially, having a
lascivious
anxiety
or
propensity
; lustful.
●
Arousing or
appealing
to
sexual
desire.
●
Curious, especially
inappropriately
so.
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Origin
prurient
English
pruriens
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Salacious
Lascivious
Voyeuristic
Pornographic
Lurid
Tawdry
Fetishistic
Titillation
Transgressive
Lewd
Smutty
Puerile
Banal
Scatological
Vulgar
Paedophilic
Perverse
Licentious
Eroticism
Voyeurism
Erotic
Sordid
Pedophilic
Meretricious
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