prurient
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pru·ri·ent
(prʊr'ē-ənt) 
adj.
pruriently pru'ri·ent·ly adv.
adj.
- Inordinately interested in matters of sex; lascivious.
- Characterized by an inordinate interest in sex: prurient thoughts.
- 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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prurient
adjective
- Feeling or devoted to sexual love or desire: amative, amorous, concupiscent, erotic, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, lustful, lusty, passionate, sexy. See sex/asexual.
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prurient
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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Prurient
Français (French)
adj. - lubrique
Deutsch (German)
adj. - lüstern
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ηδυπαθής, λάγνος, φιλήδονος
Italiano (Italian)
lascivo, libidinoso, lubrico, pruriginoso
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - lascivo
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
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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