PRURIENCE

prurience|pruriency. Prurience, or Pruriency, n. an itching or great desire

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{ 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.