scopophile

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who is subject to scopophilia.
    — Caligula was a scopophile who was not ashamed of his irregular desire to watch others making love, while Mr. Hoover, as a voyeur, favored the keyhole and wiretap as methods of observation.

词形变化

scopophiles plural scoptophile alternative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti
Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai
Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Hellenic *-ós

Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ.
Ancient Greek -ός (-ós)
Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós)
Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s
Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor.
Latin -philalbor.
English -phile
English scopophile
From Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”) + English -phile.
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