English Dictionary

prurient

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɹʊəɹ.i.ənt/

形容詞

Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious anxiety or propensity; lustful. / Arousing or appealing to sexual desire. / Curious, especially inappropriately so.

日本語の意味

性的欲求を呼び起こす、または刺激する / 性に対して過剰な好奇心や欲望を持つ / わいせつな、好色な

The tabloid's prurient headlines only fueled the scandal, distracting readers from the real issues.

タブロイド紙の好色な見出しはスキャンダルをあおり、読者の注意を本当の問題からそらした。

意味（1）

Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious anxiety or propensity; lustful.

We know that at that period certain indecencies in the dresses, even of those who were considered as the most refined and polished men of the age, were not only tolerated but ostentatiously displayed, and every sort of device that the most prurient mind could think of was had recourse to, to attract attention or excite a smile.

意味（2）

Arousing or appealing to sexual desire.

[…]nor is it more prurient or lascivious than many productions to be found in a circulating library.

意味（3）

Curious, especially inappropriately so.

Had she known that prurient anecdotes, breaches of confidence, scandalous facts, and cruel observations, were intended to constitute the matter and to enhance the price, her very heart would have broken under the affliction such a disgraceful proceeding exhibited,...

more prurient （ comparative ）

most prurient （ superlative ）