pruriency

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pruriency
    n 1: feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
         [syn: {prurience}, {pruriency}, {lasciviousness},
         {carnality}, {lubricity}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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