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voyeur (noun):
1a: someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts
broadly : someone who habitually seeks sexual stimulation by visual means
b: a person who commits the crime of voyeurism
2: a prying observer who is usually seeking the sordid or the scandalous
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Voyeur is a fairly recent addition to English; our earliest written evidence for the word dates from the beginning of the 20th century. It comes directly from a French noun meaning, literally, “one who sees.”
Initially, voyeur referred to someone who derived sexual pleasure from watching others undress or engage in intimate acts; it was synonymous with Peeping Tom. By the middle of the 20th century, its meaning had broadened to "an unduly prying observer," particularly one interested in squalid or shocking details:
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