noun ·Uncommon ·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

Synonyms

All synonyms

pruriencyan universal wolfandromaniaanimalityaphrodisiaappetence

Example

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

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