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Prurient
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious curiosity or propensity; lustful. -- Pru"ri*ent*ly, adv. The eye of the vain and prurient is darting from object to object of illicit attraction. I. Taylor.