"Pririent" is not an English word. Check your spelling, you
might be trying for "prurient".
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The word is a malapropism uttered by Irene Handl in a radio
sketch with Peter Sellers. She meant "gravitate". In the same
sketch she says "prurile", meaning "prurient".
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Prurience refers to inappropriate curiosity or interest about others sex lives. Lust refers to a sexual feeling within yourself towards others.
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Many colonists were not allowed to dance, because it was seen as
wanton or prurient and was therefore against their religion. One
such group was the Puritans.