Prurition

Pronunciation

• IPA: /prʊˈrɪʃən/

Origin

From Latin prurire ‘to itch’.

Full definition of prurition

Noun

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

Anagrams

• irruption