[ vwʌ'jə: , vɔɪ- ]
■ noun
1》 a person who gains sexual pleasure from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity.
2》 a person who enjoys seeing the pain or distress of others.
Derivatives
~ism noun
~istic adjective
~istically adverb
Origin
early 20th cent.: from Fr., from voir 'see'.