prurient
/ˈprʊərɪənt/adjective
- having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters好色的, 淫秽的; 引起淫欲的：
she'd been the subject of much prurient curiosity.
她曾是个很能引起淫思的对象。
派生词
prurience
nounpruriency
nounpruriently
adverb词源
late 16th cent. （in the sense 'having a mental itching'）： from Latin prurient- 'itching，longing' and 'being wanton'，from the verb prurire.