Definition of PRURIENT

prurient

Adjective Satellite

  • characterized by lust
    • "prurient literature"
    • "prurient thoughts"

Adj

  • Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious anxiety or propensity; lustful.
  • Arousing or appealing to sexual desire.
  • Curious, especially inappropriately so.

Adjective

  • Having or encouraging an excessive or unwholesome interest in sexual matters.

Examples

  • His prurient mind always tried to find suggestive words on the Scrabble board.

Origin / Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prūriēns, present participle of prūriō (“itch”).

Scrabble Score: 10

prurient: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
prurient: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
prurient: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

prurient: valid Words With Friends Word