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prurition en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/pɹʊˈɹɪʃən/

Etymology

From Latin prurire (“to itch”).

Meanings

(uncountable) itching
- He scratched imprecisely with his right hand, though insensible of prurition, various points and surfaces of his partly exposed, wholly abluted skin. 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:

Relateds

prurient · prurience