voyeuristic (adj.)

1919, from voyeur + -istic. Related: Voyeuristically.

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a scopophiliac, 1889 as a French word in English, from French voyeur, literally "one who views or inspects," from voir "to view," from Latin videre "to see" (from PIE root *weid- "to see").

Je ne puis pourtant omettre une catégorie de sadistes assez étonnants; ce sont ceux qu'on désigne sous le nom de "voyeurs." Ceux-ci cherchent une excitation dans les spectacles impudiques. [Léo Taxil]

-istic

adjectival word-forming element, from French -istique or directly from Latin -isticus, from Greek -istikos, a compound of the adjectival suffix -ikos (see -ic) + the noun suffix -istes (see -ist).

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voyeuristic (adj.)

of or relating to voyeurs or voyeurism;

his voyeuristic pleasures

Synonyms: voyeuristical

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