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- Dictionaryprurient/ˈprʊərɪənt/
adjective
- 1. having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters, especially the sexual activity of others: "she'd been the subject of much prurient curiosity"
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PRURIENT definition: 1. too interested in the details of another person's sexual behaviour: 2. too interested in the…. Learn more.
The meaning of PRURIENT is marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire; especially : marked by, arousing, or appealing to sexual desire. How to use prurient in a sentence.
Prurient definition: having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.. See examples of PRURIENT used in a sentence.
Something is prurient if it focuses attention on sex not in an artistic way or to teach something, but purely to appeal to your baser instincts. If something is prurient, it's sure to offend somebody.
If you describe someone as prurient, you mean that they show too much interest in sexual matters. [ formal , disapproval ] We read the gossip written about them with prurient interest.
adjective. /ˈprʊəriənt/ /ˈprʊriənt/ (formal, disapproving) having or showing too much interest in things connected with sex. a prurient interest in the details of a rape case. Word Origin late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘having a mental itching’): from Latin prurient- ‘itching, longing’ and ‘being wanton’, from the verb prurire. Want to learn more?
1. a. Characterized by an inordinate interest in sex: prurient thoughts. b. Arousing or appealing to an inordinate interest in sex: prurient literature. 2. Inordinately interested in matters of sex; lascivious. [Latin prūriēns, prūrient-, present participle of prūrīre, to yearn for, itch; see preus- in Indo-European roots.]
