voyeuristic

Variant of voyeur

voyeur definition

voy·eur (vo̵i ʉr′, vwä yʉr′)

noun

  1. a person who has an exaggerated interest in viewing, esp. furtively and habitually, persons who are disrobing, engaged in sexual activity, etc.; peeping Tom
  2. a person who obsessively watches others, esp. in seeking the unsavory details of their lives

Etymology: Fr < voir, to see < L videre: see vision

Related Forms:

  • voyeurism voy·eur′·ism′ (vo̵i ʉr′iz′əm, vo̵i′ər iz′əm) noun
  • voyeuristic voy′·eur·is′·tic adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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