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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

pruries

, -

entis

, p. pr. of

prurire

to itch. Cf.

Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious curiosity or propensity; lustful.

–

Pru′ri-ent-ly

adv.

The eye of the vain and

prurient

is darting from object to object of illicit attraction.

I. Taylor.

Adj.

Itching; uneasy with desire.