What is the meaning of prurient?

adjective

  • Characterized by lust.
    • usage: "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"
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