voyeuristic

Variant of voyeur

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

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

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