peeping tom

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Peeping Tom, a tailor in the legend of Lady Godiva who watched Godiva riding naked.

[edit] Noun

peeping tom (plural peeping toms)

1. A person who watches another without the other's permission and usually without the other's knowledge, especially for the purpose of deriving sexual pleasure from the sight of the other.
   • 1957, "A Question of Justice," Time, 3 Jun.,

     Reynolds contended that the Chinese was a Peeping Tom whom he caught spying on his wife one night last March while she was toweling herself after a shower.

[edit] Synonyms

• voyeur