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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. characterized by lust;
- Example: "eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer"
- Example: "her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature"
- Example: "prurient literature"
- Example: "prurient thoughts"
- Example: "a salacious rooster of a little man"
[syn: lubricious, lustful, prurient, salacious]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prurient \Pru"ri*ent\, a. [L. pruries, -entis, p. pr. of prurire
   to itch. Cf. Freeze.]
   Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious
   curiosity or propensity; lustful. -- Pru"ri*ent*ly, adv.
   [1913 Webster]

         The eye of the vain and prurient is darting from object
         to object of illicit attraction.         --I. Taylor.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

prurient
    adj 1: characterized by lust; "eluding the lubricious embraces
           of her employer"; "her sensuous grace roused his lustful
           nature"; "prurient literature"; "prurient thoughts"; "a
           salacious rooster of a little man" [syn: lubricious,
           lustful, prurient, salacious]