prurience

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/ˈpɹʊəɹiəns/

noun

The quality of being prurient.

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pruriencylasciviousnesscarnalitylubricity
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Meanings

nounprurience (countable and uncountable, plural pruriences)

plural pruriences

  1. countableuncountableThe quality of being prurient.

    There is a prurience in the speech of some.

    1782, William Cowper, “Conversation”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC

    Synonyms: pruriency

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality of being prurient.

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pruriency

More synonyms by meaning

nounfeeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness

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pruriencylasciviousnesscarnalitylubricity
Broader
amorousnesseroticismerotism
Also see
carnalitydesirelasciviousnesslubricitypruriency

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian похотливост
  • похотливост (pohotlivost)the quality of being prurient
Dutch geilheid
  • geilheidthe quality of being prurient
German Geilheit, Lüsternheit
  • Geilheitthe quality of being prurient
  • Lüsternheitthe quality of being prurient
Polish lubieżność
  • lubieżnośćthe quality of being prurient
Romanian lascivitate
  • lascivitatethe quality of being prurient
Cite this entry
APA

prurience. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prurience

MLA

“prurience.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prurience. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prurience,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prurience.

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