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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

pruriginosus

: cf. F.

prurigineux

(Med.)

Tending to, or caused by, prurigo; affected by, or of the nature of, prurigo.

Adj.

[L. pruriginosus, from prurigo, an itching, from prurio, to itch.] Tending to an itch.

pruriginous ‎(not comparable)

(medicine) Tending to, or caused by, prurigo; affected by, or of the nature of, prurigo.