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Definition of Peeping tom
1. Noun. A viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others.
Generic synonyms: Looker, Spectator, Viewer, Watcher, Witness
Derivative terms: Peep, Voyeuristic, Voyeuristical
Definition of Peeping tom
1. Noun. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peeping Tom
Literary usage of Peeping tom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"peeping tom AND LADY GODIVA. IN an article which appeared in one of the later
numbers of the A ... peeping tom ..."
2. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction, Classical Mediæval, Legendary: Famous by William Shepard Walsh (1915)
"Effigies of peeping tom are countless here,—in stone, in wood, in delft, ...
Truly the peeping tom you will find everywhere in Coventry is a dreadful ..."
3. English Pageantry: An Historical Outline by Robert Withington (1920)
"The procession of 1826 is described in a pamphlet which may be found in the
British Museum.1 The effigy of peeping tom is described: it is somewhat larger ..."
4. English Actors from Shakespeare to Macready by Henry Barton Baker (1879)
"... Children in the Wood"—Provincial Criticism—Dr. Syntax—" Bannister's
Budget"—Lewis—The Original of Jeremy Diddler—Edwin—His "Gags"—"peeping tom"—Dicky ..."
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