Definition of voyeur

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Voznesenski, Andrei >

voy·eur    (voi-yûr) KEY 

NOUN:

1. A person who derives sexual gratification from observing the naked bodies or sexual acts of others, especially from a secret vantage point.
2. An obsessive observer of sordid or sensational subjects.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French, from Old French, one who lies in wait, from voir, to see, from Latin vidre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
voy·eurism(Noun), voyeur·istic(Adjective), voyeur·isti·cal·ly(Adverb)