prurient
adjective/ˈprʊəriənt/
/ˈprʊriənt/
(formal, disapproving)- having or showing too much interest in things connected with sex
- a prurient interest in the details of a rape case
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘having a mental itching’): from Latin prurient- ‘itching, longing’ and ‘being wanton’, from the verb prurire.
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