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pruri·ence
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Princeton's WordNet
prurience, pruriency, lasciviousness, carnality, lubricitynoun
feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
Wiktionary
pruriencenoun
The quality of being prurient.
There is a prurience in the speech of some. uE000275066uE001 Cowper.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Prurience, Pruriencynoun
An itching or a great desire or appetite to any thing.
Etymology: from prurio, Lat.
Jonathan Swift.
Wikipedia
prurience
The Miller test, also called the three-prong obscenity test, is the United States Supreme Court's test for determining whether speech or expression can be labeled obscene, in which case it is not protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and can be prohibited.
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prurience
Prurience is having or encouraging an excessive or abnormal interest in sexual matters, particularly having lustful thoughts or desires. It can also refer to the quality or state of being lascivious or obsessed with obscene matters.
Webster Dictionary
Pruriencenoun
alt. of Pruriency
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Prurience
prōō′ri-ens, n. state of being prurient: eager desire—also Pru′riency.—adj. Pru′rient, itching or uneasy with desire: given to unclean thoughts.—adv. Pru′riently. [L. pruriens, pr.p. of prurīre, to itch.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of prurience in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of prurience in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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- حكةArabic
- Geilheit, LüsternheitGerman
- bujaságHungarian
- kecabulanIndonesian
- lascíviaPortuguese
- lascivitateRomanian
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