Meanings
nounpruriency (countable and uncountable, plural pruriencies)
plural pruriencies
- countableuncountableprurience
the pruriency of curious ears
1775, Edmund Burke, Conciliation with America
Synonyms & antonyms
nounfeeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Chicago
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