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.

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Synonyms

1 adj · having or showing too much... salacious lustfultitillating

Word family

Derived forms nonprurientprurience pruriencyprurientlyunprurient

Related forms pruritionpruritus

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prūriēns, present participle of prūriō (“itch”).

prūriēns Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# 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

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