peeping tom
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peeping tom
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From Peeping Tom, a tailor in the legend of Lady Godiva who watched Godiva riding naked.
noun peeping toms · peeping Tom · Peeping Tom
- 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. 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.
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noun person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure
| Español | voyeur, mirón |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 出歯亀, 覗き魔 nozokima |
| 中文 | 偷窺者 /偷窥者 tōukuīzhě, 偷窺狂 /偷窥狂 tōukuīkuáng |
| Português | voyeur, espreitador |
| Français | voyeur, voyeuse |
| Deutsch | Voyeur, Spanner |
| Italiano | guardone |
| Ελληνικά | ηδονοβλεψίας idonovlepsías, οφθαλμοπόρνος ofthalmopórnos, ματάκιας matákias, μπανιστηρτζής banistirtzís |
| Русский | вуайери́ст vuajjeríst, вуайери́стка vuajjerístka, вуайёр vuajjór, согляда́тай sogljadátaj, подгля́дывающий podgljádyvajuščij |
| العربية | مُتَلَصِّص mutalaṣṣiṣ |
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title = {peeping tom},
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