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   Pru·ri·ent

   /ˈpro͝orēənt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters: "she'd been the subject of much prurient curiosity"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘having a mental itching’): from Latin prurient- ‘itching, longing’ and ‘being wanton’, from the verb prurire.

   Derivatives

   • 1. prurience noun
   • 2. pruriency noun
   • 3. pruriently adverb

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • P

     3

   • R

     1

   • U

     1

   • R

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   • I

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   • E

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   • N

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   • T

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