Prurience \Pru"ri*ence\, Pruriency \Pru"ri*en*cy\, n. The quality or state of being prurient. The pruriency of curious ears. --Burke. There is a prurience in the speech of some. --Cowper.
prurience n : feeling morbid sexual desire [syn: {pruriency}, {lasciviousness}, {carnality}]