pruriency

Other forms: pruriencies

Definitions of pruriency
  1. noun
    feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
    synonyms: carnality, lasciviousness, lubricity, prurience
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    type of:
    amativeness, amorousness, eroticism, erotism, sexiness
    the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
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