prurient
/pˈɹʊɹiənt/PRUU-ree-uhnt
/pˈɹʊɹiənt/PRUU-ree-uhnt
Meaningitching
Common meaning: unduly interested in sex
- prurto itchLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1482 · scan
- ientadjective ending: doing, being
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√PRUS‘burn’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 219, p. 737 · scan
- Latinprūriō, -īre‘to itch’
- Englishprurient‘unduly interested in sex’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin prūriō ‘to itch’.
Roots
- prūriō, -īre Latin “to itch”
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