The eye of the vain and prurient is darting from object to object of illicit attraction. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
pruriently — prurient ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters. DERIVATIVES prurience noun pruriency noun pruriently adverb. ORIGIN originally in the sense «having a craving»: from Latin prurire itch, long, be wanton … English terms dictionary
pruriently — adverb see prurient … New Collegiate Dictionary
pruriently — See prurience. * * * … Universalium
pruriently — adverb In a prurient manner … Wiktionary
pruriently — prÊŠrɪəntlɪ / prÊŠÉ™r adv. lustfully, licentiously, in the manner of being obsessed with sex … English contemporary dictionary
pruriently — pru·ri·ent·ly … English syllables
pruriently — adverb in a prurient manner • Derived from adjective: ↑prurient … Useful english dictionary
Peeping Tom — noun Etymology: Peeping Tom, legendary citizen of Coventry who watched Lady Godiva riding naked Date: circa 1796 a pruriently prying person ; voyeur • Peeping Tomism noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
prurient — adjective Etymology: Latin prurient , pruriens, present participle of prurire to itch, crave; akin to Latin pruna glowing coal, Sanskrit ploṣati he singes, and probably to Latin pruina hoarfrost more at freeze Date: 1592 marked by or arousing an… … New Collegiate Dictionary
hard-core — /hahrd kawr , kohr /, adj. 1. unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard core segregationist. 2. pruriently explicit; graphically depicted: hard core pornography. 3. being so without apparent change or remedy; chronic: hard core… … Universalium
