Prurience

/ˈpɹʊəɹiəns/ noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being prurient. countable, uncountable

    "There is a prurience in the speech of some."

  2. 2
    feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness wordnet

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"There is a prurience in the speech of some."

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