voyeur
noun/vɔɪˈɜː(r)/
/vwɑːˈjɜːr/
(disapproving)- a person who gets pleasure from secretly watching people who are wearing no clothes or having sex
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- a person who enjoys watching the problems and private lives of others
- Most writers are voyeurs of a kind.
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from French, from voir ‘see’.
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