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1. n. The quality or state of being prurient. Source: opted
2. n. feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness Source: wordnet
3. The quality or state of being prurient. The pruriency of curious ears. Burke. There is a prurience in the speech of some. Cowper. Source: webster
4. n feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness Source: ecdict

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prurient desire feeling lewdness morbid propensity quality sexual state prurience burke Cowper curious ears speech there

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pruriently pruriginous prurigo pruritus pruritus ani pruritus vulvae

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Prunus sieboldii Prunus spinosa

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