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prurient

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1. prurient - Adjective

2. prurient - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious curiosity or propensity; lustful.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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eluding lubricious embraces Source: Internet

prurient literature Source: Internet

prurient thoughts Source: Internet

However, the suit continues: “All of the entertainment provided by the admiral is non-obscene (and thus cannot be deemed prurient),” the suit states. Source: Internet

But a reader can only be told so many times what a knockout she is, and the cautiously prurient, censor-skirting allusions get repetitive. Source: Internet

Madame Chambon’s other girls, ranged around the sumptuously appointed room on red velvet upholstered banquettes, watched the exchange with prurient fascination. Source: Internet

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