Sentence:  We know that at that period certain indecencies in the dresses, even of those who were considered as the most refined and polished men of the age, were not only tolerated but ostentatiously displayed, and every sort of device that the most <WSD>prurient</WSD> mind could think of was had recourse to, to attract attention or excite a smile. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Uneasy with desire; itching; especially, having a lascivious anxiety or propensity; lustful.