voyeur
- a person who engages in voyeurism.
Origin of voyeur
Examples from the Web for voyeur
Contemporary Examples of voyeur
There is no better place in the world for a voyeur like me to be constantly amused.
A viewer of a Metsu scene should also feel like a participant in it, not like a remote, Vermeer-ish voyeur.
To hear Moore dissect that last scene, she was as much the voyeur of the moment as the participant.
And as soon as that thing comes off, they better clear a path to the bar at Voyeur.
People want to know why a tab with an item called "Voyeur" in it wasn't flagged by the prudes at the RNC.
Historical Examples of voyeur
He ate with such visible pleasure that Perry felt like a voyeur.
MakersCory Doctorow
It was obviously not the case of a voyeur spying on others—not with the kind of excitement the running man had shown.
Eight Keys to EdenMark Irvin Clifton
voyeur
- a person who obtains sexual pleasure or excitement from the observation of someone undressing, having intercourse, etc
Word Origin for voyeur
Word Origin and History for voyeur
a scopophiliac, 1900, from French voyeur (1898), literally "one who views or inspects," from voir "to view," from Latin videre "to see" (see vision).
voyeur
(voi-yûr′)- A person who derives sexual gratification from observing the naked bodies or sexual acts of others, especially from a secret vantage point.
- An obsessive observer of sordid or sensational subjects.