prurience

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɹʊəɹiəns/

Noun

prurience (countable and uncountable, plural pruriences)

The quality of being prurient.
- 1782, William Cowper, “Conversation”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC:
  
  There is a prurience in the speech of some.

Translations

the quality of being prurient

Bulgarian: похотливост (bg) f (pohotlivost)
Dutch: geilheid (nl) f
German: Geilheit (de) f, Lüsternheit (de) f
Romanian: lascivitate (ro) f

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