English-Thai Dictionary

prurient

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRURIENT

a.Itching; uneasy with desire.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRURIENT

Pru "ri *ent, a. Etym: [L. pruries, -entis, p. pr. of prurire to itch. Cf. Freeze. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prurient

pru ri ent |ˈpro͝orēənt ˈprʊriənt | ▶adjective having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters: she'd been the subject of much prurient curiosity. DERIVATIVES pru ri ence noun, pru ri en cy noun, pru ri ent ly adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘having a mental itching ’): from Latin prurient- ‘itching, longing ’ and ‘being wanton, ’ from the verb prurire.

 

Oxford Dictionary

prurient

prurient |ˈprʊərɪənt | ▶adjective having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters, especially the sexual activity of others: she'd been the subject of much prurient curiosity. DERIVATIVES prurience noun, pruriency noun, pruriently adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘having a mental itching ’): from Latin prurient- ‘itching, longing ’ and ‘being wanton ’, from the verb prurire.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

prurient

prurient adjective she was completely turned off by his prurient remarks: salacious, licentious, voyeuristic, lascivious, lecherous, lustful, lewd, libidinous, lubricious; formal concupiscent.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

prurient

prurient adjective obscene material deals with sex in a manner appealing to prurient interest: salacious, licentious, voyeuristic, lascivious, lecherous, lustful, lewd, libidinous, lubricious; depraved, debauched, degenerate, dissolute, dissipated; rare concupiscent.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

prurient

pru ri ent /prʊ́ (ə )riənt /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠淫乱 （いんらん ）な, 好色な ; わいせつな .