prurient
adjective
having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
prurience
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a word derived from
prurient.
Example Sentences
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And that means that I often am uncertain of my place in the uncomfortable space between honest curiosity and creepy prurience.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2019
Gawker’s prurience and irreverence made it less than a hallowed symbol for press freedom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2017
The cast says and sings such lines with a shiny, arch-free cheer that repels prurience and captures the breakneck giddiness of an age when the Algonquin Hotel was the epicenter of worldly wit.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2017
But the people glued to them are driven less by sexual prurience than by a search for “inspiration and the beauty of the accomplishments of the athletes in them.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2016
There was no angry prurience for fame or gold underlying such complaints.
From William Blake A Critical Essay by Algernon Charles Swinburne
