prurience
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɹʊəɹiəns/
Noun
prurience (countable and uncountable, plural pruriences)
- The quality of being prurient.
- 1782, William Cowper, “Conversation”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC:
- There is a prurience in the speech of some.
Synonyms
Translations
the quality of being prurient
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