voyeur

[ vwah-yur, voi-; French vwa-yœr ]
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noun,plural vo·yeurs [vwah-yurz, voi-; French vwa-yœr]. /vwɑˈyɜrz, vɔɪ-; French vwaˈyœr/.
  1. a person who engages in voyeurism.

Origin of voyeur

1
First recorded in 1915–20; from French, equivalent to voi(r) “to see” (from Latin vidēre; cf. video ) + -eur -eur

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How to use voyeur in a sentence

  • Last Thursday night, Lindsay Lohan got punched in the face at her own birthday party, at a Los Angeles nightclub called voyeur.

    Lindsay Lohan Heads to Jail | Rebecca Dana | July 5, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • 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 Eden | Mark Irvin Clifton
  • He ate with such visible pleasure that Perry felt like a voyeur.

    Makers | Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for voyeur

voyeur

/ (vwaɪˈɜː, French vwajœr) /


noun
  1. a person who obtains sexual pleasure or excitement from the observation of someone undressing, having intercourse, etc

Origin of voyeur

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C20: French, literally: one who sees, from voir to see, from Latin vidēre

Derived forms of voyeur

  • voyeurism, noun
  • voyeuristic, adjective
  • voyeuristically, adverb

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