prurient Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite characterized by lust
    lustful; salacious; lubricious.
    • eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer
    • her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature
    • prurient literature
    • prurient thoughts
    • a salacious rooster of a little man

WordNet

Pru"ri*ent adjective
Etymology
L. pruries, -entis, p. pr. of prurire to itch. Cf. Freeze.
Definitions
  1. Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious curiosity or propensity; lustful. -- Pru"ri*ent*ly, adv.
    The eye of the vain and prurient is darting from object to object of illicit attraction. I. Taylor.

Webster 1913