mixoscopy

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/mɪkˈsɒskəpi/

noun

The attainment of sexual pleasure from watching other people have sex.

OriginGerman Mixoscopie ← Ancient Greek μίξις →
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Meanings

nounmixoscopy (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesThe attainment of sexual pleasure from watching other people have sex.

    Among the ancient Tyrrhenians also mixoscopy was prevalent.

    1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 157
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    Founded on the sense of vision also we find a phenomenon, bordering on the abnormal, which is by Moll termed mixoscopy. This means the sexual pleasure derived from the spectacle of other persons engaged in natural or perverse sexual actions.

    1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, volume 4, page 299

Origin

  1. German-skopie“-scopy”
  2. Ancient Greekμίξις“intercourse”
  3. GermanMixoscopie
  4. Englishmixoscopy

Borrowed from German Mixoscopie, from Ancient Greek μίξις (míxis, “intercourse”) + German -skopie (“-scopy”). Reportedly coined by Albert Moll (1862–1939).

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