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Etymology
Inherited from Latin prūrīgō. Doublet of prurigen, a learned borrowing.
Pronunciation
Noun
pruïja f (plural pruïges)
- (also figurative) itching, itch
- Synonyms: picor, pruïció
- (figurative) itch, longing
- Synonym: ganes
1967, Octavi Fullat, Reflexions sobre l'educació:I ara tots els pobles senten la pruïja, la febre de produir, de voltar-se d'estris, i el món es buida d'entranyes i es balma.- And now people feel the itch, the fever to produce, to surround themselves with tools, and the world is emptied of its entrails and hollowed out.
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