PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY
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Peeping Tom — noun a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others • Syn: ↑voyeur, ↑peeper • Derivationally related forms: ↑peep (for: ↑peeper), ↑voyeuristical (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
peeping Tom — A person who stealthily peeks into windows, holes in restroom walls, or other openings with the purpose of seeing people undressed or couples making love. The term comes from the legendary Tom who peeked when Lady Godiva rode her horse naked… … Law dictionary
Peeping Tom — n. 1. Eng. Legend a Coventry tailor who was struck blind after peeping at Lady Godiva 2. [p T ] a person who gets pleasure, esp. sexual pleasure, from watching others, esp. furtively … English World dictionary
peeping Tom — ► NOUN ▪ a person who gains sexual pleasure from secretly watching people undress or engage in sexual activity. ORIGIN the name of the tailor said to have watched Lady Godiva ride naked through Coventry … English terms dictionary
Peeping Tom — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Peeping Tom est une expression anglaise signifiant Voyeur, trouvant son origine dans la légende de Lady Godiva, où il aurait été le seul curieux à… … Wikipédia en Français
Peeping Tom — Peep·ing Tom .pē piŋ täm n a pruriently prying person: VOYEUR Peeping Tom·ism täm .iz əm n Peeping Tom British legendary character. According to popular legend, Tom was a prying tailor who was struck blind (or, in some versions, struck dead) as… … Medical dictionary
Peeping Tom — a person who obtains sexual gratification by observing others surreptitiously, esp. a man who looks through windows at night. [1910 15; allusion to the legendary man who peeped at Lady Godiva as she rode naked through Coventry] * * * ▪ sexual… … Universalium
Peeping Tom — , LADY GODIVA There are many versions of the famous ride of Lady Godiva. But the one that is most often repeated portrays her as being exceedingly vexed by her husband, Lord Leofric, Lord of Coventry, for imposing exorbitant taxes on his… … Dictionary of eponyms
Peeping Tom — noun Etymology: Peeping Tom, legendary citizen of Coventry who watched Lady Godiva riding naked Date: circa 1796 a pruriently prying person ; voyeur • Peeping Tomism noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
Peeping Tom — a sexual voyeur Leofric, the Anglo Saxon Lord of Coventry, agreed to postpone an increase in taxes if his wife, Godiva, rode naked through the streets. The townspeople were forbidden to watch, and how anybody would have known if Tom hadn … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
