prurience Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
    pruriency; lasciviousness; lubricity; carnality.

WordNet

Pru"ri*ence, Pru"ri*en*cy noun (Also<
  • Prurience
  • Pruriency
)
Definitions
  1. The quality or state of being prurient.
    The pruriency of curious ears. Burke.
    There is a prurience in the speech of some. Cowper.

Webster 1913