Search: prurience
Why: On p 215 of The Handmaid's Tale:
They aren't squeamish, they don't have the same feelings we do. And the rest of them leaning forward in their chairs, My dear, all horror and prurience.Answer: The quality or state of being prurient...
- Inordinately interested in matters of sex; lascivious.
- Characterized by an inordinate interest in sex: prurient thoughts.
- Arousing or appealing to an inordinate interest in sex: prurient literature.
The More You Know: Latin prurient-, pruriens, present participle of prurire "to itch, crave;" akin to Latin pruna "glowing coal," Sanskrit plosati "he singes," and probably to Latin pruina "hoarfrost"
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