pruriency

Questions about pruriency

What does pruriency mean?

pruriency means "feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness".

How many syllables are in pruriency?

pruriency has 3 syllables and divides as pru-rien-cy under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for pruriency?

Close synonyms include prurience, lasciviousness, carnality, lubricity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pruriency a common word?

pruriency is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.