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Definition of prurient adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

prurient

adjective
 
/ˈprʊəriənt/
 
/ˈprʊriənt/
(formal, disapproving)
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  1. having or showing too much interest in things connected with sex
    • a prurient interest in the details of a rape case
    Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘having a mental itching’): from Latin prurient- ‘itching, longing’ and ‘being wanton’, from the verb prurire.
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