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prurient
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[ adjective ] (sexuality) characterized by lust
Synonyms Examples "eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer" "her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature" "prurient literature" "prurient thoughts" "a salacious rooster of a little man" Used in print (Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)Still , it would be surprising if what one reads did not contribute to one 's ideas of right and wrong ; certainly the awakened alarm over the comic_books and the continuous concern over prurient literature indicate some peripheral aspects of_this influence . Related terms |
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