prurient C2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈpɹʊɹ.i.ənt/ UK /ˈpɹʊəɹ.i.ənt/ See IPA manual Freq #72573 Meanings 1 adj Having or showing too much interest in sexual matters. The article appealed to readers' prurient curiosity about the star's private life. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · having or showing too much... salaciouslustfultitillating Word family Derived forms nonprurientpruriencepruriencyprurientlyunprurient Related forms pruritionpruritus Etymology AI details Learned borrowing from Latin prūriēns, present participle of prūriō (“itch”). prūriēns Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # prurient **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈpɹʊɹ.i.ənt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpɹʊəɹ.i.ənt/ **Frequency rank:** 72573 ## Meanings 1. Having or showing too much interest in sexual matters. ## Examples - The article appealed to readers' prurient curiosity about the star's private life. ## Derived Forms - nonprurient - prurience - pruriency - pruriently - unprurient ## Related Forms - prurition - pruritus ## Roots and Affixes - Root: prūriēns ## Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin prūriēns, present participle of prūriō (“itch”). ## AI Etymology Prurient is a learned borrowing from Latin prūriēns, present participle of prūriō (“itch”). Important recorded forms include prūriēns (Latin). Current senses include having or showing too much interest in sexual matters. The wider family includes derived forms such as nonprurient, prurience, pruriency, pruriently, and unprurient and related words such as prurition and pruritus. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown