What is the quality or state of being prurient. The pruriency of curious ears. Burke. There is a prurience in the speech of some. Cowper called?
prurience — The quality or state of being prurient. The pruriency of curious ears. Burke. There is a prurience in the speech of some. Cowper. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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