voyeur
pronunciation
How to pronounce voyeur in British English:
UK [vwaɪˈɜ:(r)]
How to pronounce voyeur in American English:
US [vɔɪˈjə]
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- Noun:
- a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others
Word Origin
- voyeur (n.)
- a scopophiliac, 1889 as a French word in English, from French voyeur, literally "one who views or inspects," from voir "to view," from Latin videre "to see" (see vision). Je ne puis pourtant omettre une catégorie de sadistes assez étonnants; ce sont ceux qu'on désigne sous le nom de "voyeurs." Ceux-ci cherchent une excitation dans les spectacles impudiques. [Léo Taxil]
Example
- 1. You really believe this is an obsessed voyeur ?
- 2. You 're some kind of creepy voyeur .
- 3. Reverend frank is not like a voyeur .
- 4. So ...... a voyeur and a conservationist .
- 5. I felt like a voyeur visiting the war zone and seeing badly injured people being dragged from their bomb-shattered homes .