prurient

(prʊr'ē-ənt)
adj.

1. Inordinately interested in matters of sex; lascivious.
2. 1. Characterized by an inordinate interest in sex: prurient thoughts.
   2. Arousing or appealing to an inordinate interest in sex: prurient literature.

[Latin prūriēns, prūrient-, present participle of prūrīre, to yearn for, itch.]

prurience pru'ri·ence or pru'ri·en·cy n.
pruriently pru'ri·ent·ly adv.

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adjective

Feeling or devoted to sexual love or desire: amative, amorous, concupiscent, erotic, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, lustful, lusty, passionate, sexy. See sex/asexual.

IN BRIEF: Inclined to indecent thoughts and desires.

Television is not vulgar because people are vulgar; it is vulgar because people are similar in their prurient interests and sharply differentiated in their civilized concerns. — George Gilder

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• Vulgar, Rude, Degenerate, or Wild

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - lysten

Nederlands (Dutch)
wellustig

Français (French)
adj. - lubrique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - lüstern

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ηδυπαθής, λάγνος, φιλήδονος

Italiano (Italian)
lascivo, libidinoso, lubrico, pruriginoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - lascivo

Русский (Russian)
похотливый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - lascivo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - liderlig, lysten

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
好色的, 渴望的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 好色的, 渴望的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 호색의, 음란한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 好色な, 好色の, わいせつな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شهواني, شبق, جنسي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שטוף זימה, תאוותני, פרוץ‬

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