prurient

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin prūriēns, present participle of prūriō (“itch”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹʊəɹ.i.ənt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹʊɹ.i.ənt/ Hyphenation: pru‧ri‧ent === Adjective === prurient (comparative more prurient, superlative most prurient) Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious anxiety or propensity; lustful. Arousing or appealing to sexual desire. Curious, especially inappropriately so. ==== Synonyms ==== (uneasy with desire): lustful (sexually arousing or appealing): titillating ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== prurition pruritus ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Verb === prūrient third-person plural future active indicative of prūriō