[ˈprʊərɪənt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters, especially the sexual activity of others
(e.g: she'd been the subject of much prurient curiosity)


Phrases:

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