单词 | pruriently |
释义 | prurientlyadv. In a prurient manner; esp. salaciously; with lascivious inclination or intention (cf. prurient adj. 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [adverb] pruriently1592 impatiently1632 itchingly1657 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adverb] > in prurient manner pruriently1907 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 99v I perceiued an incensing fire pruriently diffusing it selfe through my inward parts and hollow veines. 1640 N. Richards Messallina i. i. 200 Sweet faces, rich cloathes, and exquisite bodies, Make you for ever (my most curious clients) Pruriently, pleasing to the blood of beautie. 1829 Times 31 Dec. 3/4 The surest preventive against those excesses to which human nature, if unrestrained, is so pruriently inclined. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iii. i. 146 All things,..are got into hot and hotter prurience; and must go on pruriently fermenting, in continual change. 1872 Appletons' Jrnl. No. 145. 8/2 Even the most pruriently curious of Peeping Toms has failed to get the least clew to club-room, wardrobe-room, or trysting-place. 1907 Academy Mar. 234/1 Pruriently presenting to the mind pictures which have no merit but their salaciousness. 1977 F. Parrish Fire in Barley iv. 39 Mrs. Calloway guessed pruriently that Dan was a devil with the girls. 2002 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 6 Oct. (Mag.) 16/1 These are people who frequented the beaches and pruriently connected naturism with sex. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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