prurient
adjective
[ ˈprʊərɪənt ]
• having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters, especially the sexual activity of others.
• "she'd been the subject of much prurient curiosity"
Similar:
salacious,
licentious,
voyeuristic,
lascivious,
lecherous,
lustful,
lewd,
libidinous,
lubricious,
depraved,
debauched,
degenerate,
dissolute,
dissipated,
concupiscent,
Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘having a mental itching’): from Latin prurient- ‘itching, longing’ and ‘being wanton’, from the verb prurire .
