PRURIENCY

prurience, pruriency, lasciviousness, carnality, lubricity

(noun) feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

pruriency (countable and uncountable, plural pruriencies)

prurience

the pruriency of curious ears

Source: Wiktionary


Pru"ri*ence, Pru"ri*en*cy, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being prurient. The pruriency of curious ears. Burke. There is a prurience in the speech of some. Cowper.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

15 June 2025

SCHNORR

(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”


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Coffee Trivia

Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.

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