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pruriences

pruriences is the plural of prurience.

Meaning of prurience

Noun

prurience (countable and uncountable, plural pruriences)

  1. The quality of being prurient.
    • There is a prurience in the speech of some.1782, William Cowper, “Conversation”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    pruriency

Questions about pruriences

What is pruriences the plural of?
Pruriences is the plural of prurience.

Words near pruriences in the dictionary

  1. pruriception
  2. pruriceptive
  3. pruriceptor
  4. pruriceptors
  5. prurience
  6. pruriences
  7. pruriencies
  8. pruriency
  9. prurient
  10. pruriently
  11. prurigenic

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