Pruriency

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prurience \Pru"ri*ence\, Pruriency \Pru"ri*en*cy\, n.
     The quality or state of being prurient.
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           The pruriency of curious ears.           --Burke.
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           There is a prurience in the speech of some. --Cowper.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pruriency
       n : feeling morbid sexual desire [syn: {prurience}, {lasciviousness},
            {carnality}]