prurient

prurient
Synonyms and related words:
Cyprian, Fescennine, Paphian, agape, agog, all agog, animal, aphrodisiomaniacal, athirst, bawdy, blue, burning with curiosity, carnal, clitoromaniacal, coarse, concupiscent, consumed with curiosity, consumed with desire, coveting, craving, crude, curious, debauched, devoured by desire, dirty, ejaculatory, erotic, eroticomaniacal, erotomaniacal, fervid, filthy, fleshly, foul, ghoulish, goatish, gossipy, gross, gynecomaniacal, horny, hot, hot-blooded, hungering, hungry, hysteromaniacal, indecent, inquiring, inquisitive, interested, itching, itchy, ithyphallic, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lickerish, loose, low, lubricious, lubricous, lurid, lustful, mad with lust, morbid, morbidly curious, nymphomaniacal, obscene, open-eyed, openmouthed, orgasmic, orgastic, overcurious, passionate, pornographic, priapic, quizzical, rakehell, randy, ribald, ruttish, salacious, satyric, scopophiliac, scurrilous, sensual, sex-starved, sexual, sexy, smutty, steamy, suggestive, supercurious, thirsting, thirsty, titillating, unsatisfied, vile, voluptuous, voyeuristic, vulgar

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  • Prurient — en 2007. Nom Dominick Fernow Pays d’origine …   Wikipédia en Français

  • prurient — pru·ri·ent / pru̇r ē ənt/ adj: marked by or arousing an unwholesome sexual interest or desire pru·ri·ent·ly adv Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. prurient …   Law dictionary

  • Prurient — Pru ri*ent, a. [L. pruries, entis, p. pr. of prurire to itch. Cf. {Freeze}.] Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious curiosity or propensity; lustful. {Pru ri*ent*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] The eye of the vain and prurient is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prurient — 1630s, itching, later having an itching desire (1650s), especially lascivious, lewd, (1746), from L. prurientem (nom. pruriens), prp. of prurire to itch, long for, be wanton, perhaps related to pruna glowing coals …   Etymology dictionary

  • prurient — [adj] lascivious bawdy, carnal, crude, desirous, erotic, fleshly, horny, hot*, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, lustful, obscene, offensive, orgiastic, pornographic, raunchy*, salacious, sensual, sexual, smutty*, suggestive,… …   New thesaurus

  • prurient — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters. DERIVATIVES prurience noun pruriency noun pruriently adverb. ORIGIN originally in the sense «having a craving»: from Latin prurire itch, long, be wanton …   English terms dictionary

  • prurient — [proor′ē ənt] adj. [L pruriens < prurire, to itch, long for, be lecherous < IE base * preus , to burn, FREEZE > L pruna, live coal] 1. having or expressing lustful ideas or desires 2. tending to excite lust; lascivious; lewd 3. Rare… …   English World dictionary

  • Prurient — For the word, see wiktionary:prurient. Prurient Prurient in 2007. Background information Birth name Ian …   Wikipedia

  • prurient — [[t]prʊ͟əriənt[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe someone as prurient, you mean that they show too much interest in sexual matters. [FORMAL] We read the gossip written about them with prurient interest. Syn: salacious …   English dictionary

  • prurient — adjective Etymology: Latin prurient , pruriens, present participle of prurire to itch, crave; akin to Latin pruna glowing coal, Sanskrit ploṣati he singes, and probably to Latin pruina hoarfrost more at freeze Date: 1592 marked by or arousing an… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • prurient — prurience, pruriency, n. pruriently, adv. /proor ee euhnt/, adj. 1. having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc. 2. causing lasciviousness or lust. 3. having a restless desire or longing. [1630 40; …   Universalium

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