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.

Related terms

• prurient, prurience

Anagrams

• irruption