prurition

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/pɹʊˈɹɪʃən/

noun

itching

OriginLatin prurire →
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Meanings

nounprurition (uncountable)
  1. uncountableitching

    He scratched imprecisely with his right hand, though insensible of prurition, various points and surfaces of his partly exposed, wholly abluted skin.

    1922, James Joyce, Ulysses

Origin

  1. Latinprurire“to itch”
  2. Englishprurition

From Latin prurire (“to itch”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

irruption
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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