Meanings
adverbpruriently (comparative more pruriently, superlative most pruriently)
comparative more pruriently · superlative most pruriently
- In a prurient manner.
One blonde proclaims, “If I meet a Negro I’ll have a Negro habit,” and the camera pruriently lingers on Ultra Violet making love with a black man and briefly on an outdoor session of interracial oral sex.
2007 August 26, Gerald Howard, “Mailer Gets Hammered”, in New York Times
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pruriently. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pruriently
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“pruriently.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pruriently. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pruriently,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pruriently.
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