prurientadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈprʊərɪənt/, U.S.

/ˈprʊriənt/

Forms: 1500s– prurient, 1800s pruriant, 1800s– purient (irregular).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prūrient-, prūriēns, prūrīre.

Etymology: < classical Latin prūrient-, prūriēns, present participle of prūrīre to itch, to long, to be sexually excited, ultimately < the same Indo-European base as freeze v. Compare Middle French, French †pruriant (1598). Compare pruriently adv.In sense A. 3b after scientific Latin pruriens, used as a specific epithet by Linnaeus ( Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) 1162).

A. adj.

1. Exhibiting or characterized by excessive or inappropriate desire or interest; overly curious.Frequently with overtones of sense A. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > [adjective] > in an unhealthy way

prurient1592

pruriginous1609

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [adjective]

itching?c1225

restless1557

tittling1560

prurient1592

impatient1598

1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 44^v Vpon a sodaine I founde my selfe so lasciuiously bent, and in such a prurient lust [It. táto in lasciua prurigine & in stimulosa libidine ícitarme], that which way so euer I turned, I could not forbeare, and they as they sung laughed the more, knowing what had happened vnto mee.

1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes Pref. sig. b3^v Politick affectations of piety, which grow as scurfe or scabs, over those prurient novelties of opinion.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity ii. i. ii. §1. 212 Upon which fiery and prurient itch after the knowledge of Futurities Providence has cast this bridle.

1776 J. Tucker Seventeen Serm. xiv. 258 There is another Species of dangerous Curiosity..: I mean, that prurient Desire of knowing, where lies the exact Boundary between Virtue and Vice.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Idylls of King 119 Love Should..Not ever be too curious for a boon, Too prurient for a proof against the grain Of him you say you love.

1931 New Eng. Q. 4 173 The prurient interest of the rapidly multiplying race of readers of ‘popular’ biography.

1994 Newsday (Nexis) 21 Aug. 38 The documentary triggers in the reader a mixed feeling of disgust for and prurient fascination with the lifestyle of the rich and famous.

2. Lascivious, lewd; exhibiting or characterized by an excessive or inappropriate concern with sexual matters; encouraging such a concern.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective] > prurient

prurient1638

dirty-souled1664

dirty-minded1887

sniggery1960

1638 R. Younge Drunkard's Char. 340 He is..like some prurient lecher, who provides a rich banquet for one whom he meanes to corrupt and deflour.

1746 T. Smollett Reproof 176 Debauch'd from sense, let doubtful meanings run, The vague conundrum, and the prurient pun.

1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry (1840) III. lxv. 451 Marston..gratifies the depravations of a prurient curiosity.

a1784 S. Johnson in H. L. Piozzi Anecd. Johnson (1786) 106 Solitude is the surest nurse of all prurient passions.

1849 C. Kingsley Poetry Sacred Art in Misc. (1860) I. 244 Every form of prudish and prurient foulmindedness.

1879 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 3rd Ser. ii. 85 His morality is..far superior to the prurient sentimentalism of Sterne.

1911 G. B. Shaw Shewing-up Blanco Posnet Pref. in Doctor's Dilemma 334 The farcical comedy which has scandalized the critics in London..is played to the respectable dress circle of Northampton with these same jests slurred over so as to be imperceptible by even the most prurient spectator.

2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 22 Apr. 12 At the risk of appearing prurient, I had to inquire: how erotic was it?

†3.

a. That itches. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > irritating > itching

pruriginous?a1425

yukinga1449

itchful1530

itchy1530

itching1665

yuky1719

prurient1796

scritchy1929

scratchy1943

1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. F4^v Some numbers prurient are, and some of these Are wanton with their itch; scratch, and 'twill please.

1796 E. Darwin Zoonomia II. 274 A contagious prurient eruption.

1851 Ld. Tennyson Palace of Art (rev. ed.) in Poems (ed. 7) 119 In filthy sloughs they [sc. swine] roll a prurient skin, They graze and wallow.

b. Botany. Of a plant or leaf: causing an itching or stinging sensation. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1028/2 Pruriens, applied to a plant furnished with hairs, because they break or are detached easily, insinuate themselves into the skin and cause a smart itching..: prurient.

1887 Nicholson's Dict. Gard. Prurient, stinging; causing an itching sensation.

†4. Exhibiting excessive growth; unduly large or advanced. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [adjective]

waxinga1425

excrescent1633

sarcomatous1754

warted1802

prurient1822

paraplastic1853

neoplastic1871

dysplastic1925

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > [adjective] > excessive in growth or too vigorous

rank1526

rowty1577

gross1578

over-rank1607

rowetya1722

prurient1822

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 67 The teeth [are sometimes]..buried..by a prurient growth of the substance of their own gums.

1836 N. Paterson Manse Garden ii. 167 By pinching off the pruriant bud, good keeping bulbs may be secured.

1850 R. Simpson Mem. Worth v. 71 To prune the prurient branches of some promising fir.

B. n.

As a mass noun: prurient matters; salacious behaviour. As a count noun: a prurient or lascivious person.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun] > prurience > person

prurient1727

1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 67 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. The principal Branch of the Alamode is the Prurient... It consists..of..double Entendre.

a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. vi. 86 The conversation had been made up of sly digs and hints about graveyard trysts, each thrust causing the kind of laughter that is the wake of the prurient and the obscene.

1969 Punch 29 Jan. 159/1 We've had the prudes and the prurients, the ‘Love-Outs’ and the love-ins, sex without marriage and marriage without sex.

1990 P. Pulsford Lee's Ghost (BNC) 70 Intellectuals have a weakness for the prurient.

Compounds

prurient-minded adj.

ΚΠ

1865 Sat. Rev. 3 June 660/1 It would be impossible for prurient-minded young women to bring respectable people into trouble by imaginary tales of assaulted virtue.

1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. iii. 91 But about those three [boys]. Are they so prurient-minded?

1921 Times 31 Jan. 10/6 The public benches of the Court, where as unpleasant a type of prurient-minded people as one could collect in the whole of London appears to come.

2003 Lloyd's List (Nexis) 18 June 7 Unfortunately for prurient-minded passengers, this transparency does not extend to the interior bulkheads of the cabins.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prurient
释义	prurientadj.n. Brit. /ˈprʊərɪənt/, U.S. /ˈprʊriənt/ Forms: 1500s– prurient, 1800s pruriant, 1800s– purient (irregular). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prūrient-, prūriēns, prūrīre. Etymology: < classical Latin prūrient-, prūriēns, present participle of prūrīre to itch, to long, to be sexually excited, ultimately < the same Indo-European base as freeze v. Compare Middle French, French †pruriant (1598). Compare pruriently adv.In sense A. 3b after scientific Latin pruriens, used as a specific epithet by Linnaeus ( Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) 1162). A. adj. 1. Exhibiting or characterized by excessive or inappropriate desire or interest; overly curious.Frequently with overtones of sense A. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > [adjective] > in an unhealthy way prurient1592 pruriginous1609 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [adjective] itching?c1225 restless1557 tittling1560 prurient1592 impatient1598 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 44^v Vpon a sodaine I founde my selfe so lasciuiously bent, and in such a prurient lust [It. táto in lasciua prurigine & in stimulosa libidine ícitarme], that which way so euer I turned, I could not forbeare, and they as they sung laughed the more, knowing what had happened vnto mee. 1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes Pref. sig. b3^v Politick affectations of piety, which grow as scurfe or scabs, over those prurient novelties of opinion. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity ii. i. ii. §1. 212 Upon which fiery and prurient itch after the knowledge of Futurities Providence has cast this bridle. 1776 J. Tucker Seventeen Serm. xiv. 258 There is another Species of dangerous Curiosity..: I mean, that prurient Desire of knowing, where lies the exact Boundary between Virtue and Vice. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Idylls of King 119 Love Should..Not ever be too curious for a boon, Too prurient for a proof against the grain Of him you say you love. 1931 New Eng. Q. 4 173 The prurient interest of the rapidly multiplying race of readers of ‘popular’ biography. 1994 Newsday (Nexis) 21 Aug. 38 The documentary triggers in the reader a mixed feeling of disgust for and prurient fascination with the lifestyle of the rich and famous. 2. Lascivious, lewd; exhibiting or characterized by an excessive or inappropriate concern with sexual matters; encouraging such a concern. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective] > prurient prurient1638 dirty-souled1664 dirty-minded1887 sniggery1960 1638 R. Younge Drunkard's Char. 340 He is..like some prurient lecher, who provides a rich banquet for one whom he meanes to corrupt and deflour. 1746 T. Smollett Reproof 176 Debauch'd from sense, let doubtful meanings run, The vague conundrum, and the prurient pun. 1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry (1840) III. lxv. 451 Marston..gratifies the depravations of a prurient curiosity. a1784 S. Johnson in H. L. Piozzi Anecd. Johnson (1786) 106 Solitude is the surest nurse of all prurient passions. 1849 C. Kingsley Poetry Sacred Art in Misc. (1860) I. 244 Every form of prudish and prurient foulmindedness. 1879 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 3rd Ser. ii. 85 His morality is..far superior to the prurient sentimentalism of Sterne. 1911 G. B. Shaw Shewing-up Blanco Posnet Pref. in Doctor's Dilemma 334 The farcical comedy which has scandalized the critics in London..is played to the respectable dress circle of Northampton with these same jests slurred over so as to be imperceptible by even the most prurient spectator. 2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 22 Apr. 12 At the risk of appearing prurient, I had to inquire: how erotic was it? †3. a. That itches. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > irritating > itching pruriginous?a1425 yukinga1449 itchful1530 itchy1530 itching1665 yuky1719 prurient1796 scritchy1929 scratchy1943 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. F4^v Some numbers prurient are, and some of these Are wanton with their itch; scratch, and 'twill please. 1796 E. Darwin Zoonomia II. 274 A contagious prurient eruption. 1851 Ld. Tennyson Palace of Art (rev. ed.) in Poems (ed. 7) 119 In filthy sloughs they [sc. swine] roll a prurient skin, They graze and wallow. b. Botany. Of a plant or leaf: causing an itching or stinging sensation. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1028/2 Pruriens, applied to a plant furnished with hairs, because they break or are detached easily, insinuate themselves into the skin and cause a smart itching..: prurient. 1887 Nicholson's Dict. Gard. Prurient, stinging; causing an itching sensation. †4. Exhibiting excessive growth; unduly large or advanced. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [adjective] waxinga1425 excrescent1633 sarcomatous1754 warted1802 prurient1822 paraplastic1853 neoplastic1871 dysplastic1925 the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > [adjective] > excessive in growth or too vigorous rank1526 rowty1577 gross1578 over-rank1607 rowetya1722 prurient1822 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 67 The teeth [are sometimes]..buried..by a prurient growth of the substance of their own gums. 1836 N. Paterson Manse Garden ii. 167 By pinching off the pruriant bud, good keeping bulbs may be secured. 1850 R. Simpson Mem. Worth v. 71 To prune the prurient branches of some promising fir. B. n. As a mass noun: prurient matters; salacious behaviour. As a count noun: a prurient or lascivious person. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun] > prurience > person prurient1727 1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 67 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. The principal Branch of the Alamode is the Prurient... It consists..of..double Entendre. a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. vi. 86 The conversation had been made up of sly digs and hints about graveyard trysts, each thrust causing the kind of laughter that is the wake of the prurient and the obscene. 1969 Punch 29 Jan. 159/1 We've had the prudes and the prurients, the ‘Love-Outs’ and the love-ins, sex without marriage and marriage without sex. 1990 P. Pulsford Lee's Ghost (BNC) 70 Intellectuals have a weakness for the prurient. Compounds prurient-minded adj. ΚΠ 1865 Sat. Rev. 3 June 660/1 It would be impossible for prurient-minded young women to bring respectable people into trouble by imaginary tales of assaulted virtue. 1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. iii. 91 But about those three [boys]. Are they so prurient-minded? 1921 Times 31 Jan. 10/6 The public benches of the Court, where as unpleasant a type of prurient-minded people as one could collect in the whole of London appears to come. 2003 Lloyd's List (Nexis) 18 June 7 Unfortunately for prurient-minded passengers, this transparency does not extend to the interior bulkheads of the cabins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1592
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