Meaning

1 senses
  1. A person who watches another without the other's permission and usually without the other's knowledge, especially for the purpose of deriving sexual pleasure from the sight of the other.

    Voyeur, Spanner

    вуайери́стvuajjeríst, вуайери́сткаvuajjerístka, вуайёрvuajjór

More definitions
  • a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure:

Origin

From Peeping Tom, a tailor in the legend of Lady Godiva who watched Godiva riding naked.

From Peeping Tom, a tailor in the legend of Lady Godiva who watched Godiva riding naked.

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Forms

plural: peeping toms

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others:voyeurpeeper

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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