(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:20:01

Pru"ri*ence (?), Pru"ri*en*cy (?), n.

The quality or state of being prurient.

The pruriency of curious ears. Burke.

There is a prurience in the speech of some. Cowper.

 

© Webster 1913.

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