prurition

English

Etymology

From Latin prurire (“to itch”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɹʊˈɹɪʃən/

Noun

prurition (uncountable)

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

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