prurient UK /ˈpɹʊəɹ.i.ənt/US /ˈpɹʊɹ.i.ənt/ adjective3 •(disapproving) Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious anxiety or propensity; lustful.For example, some of the more prudish senders may have averted their attention from the sexual pictures while other more prurient viewers may have intensified their gaze. — 1995 •(disapproving) Arousing or appealing to sexual desire.[…]nor is it more prurient or lascivious than many productions to be found in a circulating library. — 1825 •Curious, especially inappropriately so. formsmore prurient · most prurient