peep shown.

Brit.

/ˈpiːp ʃəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈpip ˌʃoʊ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: peep n.², peep v.¹, show n.¹

Etymology: < either peep n.² or peep v.¹ + show n.¹

Originally: a sequence of pictures viewed through a magnifying lens or hole set into a box, formerly offered as a public entertainment. Now also: a titillating, erotic, or pornographic film or live show, usually viewed from a coin-operated booth. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > optical shows > [noun] > peep-show

piece of perspective1600

raree-show1677

raree-fine show1734

peep show1801

cosmorama1823

1801 Hampshire Repository II. Letters Sect. 92 A German Jew in —— town Carried a peep-show up and down; Id est, a box, whose womb contains Rivers, and oceans, hills, and plains.

1822 J. H. Reynolds Press ii. 58 Whilst Brewster each one's optic nerves delights By his famed peep-show and its varying sights.

1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 88/1 Being a cripple, I am obliged to exhibit a small peep-show.

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 25 The peep-shows which Nature provides with such endless variety for her children.

1914 G. B. Shaw Misalliance 67 I spent sevenpence on dropping pennies into silly automatic machines and peepshows of rowdy girls having a jolly time.

1937 L. MacNeice Poems 110 It's no go the merrygoround, it's no go the rickshaw, All we want is a limousine and a ticket for the peepshow.

1940 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 23 July 4/3 A super peep-show with more than fifty lovely gals in their birthday suits.

1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 48/1 Sexual Behavior in the Human Male is a penny arcade peep show given the chrome treatment of scientific charts and figures.

1968 Pacific Stars & Stripes 3 Mar. (Sunday Mag.) 11/1 This body taboo..makes possible pornography, the lewd movie, the peep show, and all of the offenses of exhibitionism and indecent exposure.

1999 F. Wynne tr. M. Houellebecq Atomised (2001) 184 He started visiting sex shops and peepshows which only served to aggravate his suffering.

2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 7 Oct. v. 10/2 Skip the sex emporiums, the seedy peep shows and brothelized side streets.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > other side-shows

poppy-show1691

hall of mirrors1789

peep show1851

funhouse1920

freak show1939

Wall of Death1946

1851 Househ. Words II. 290/1 There were tambourines, books, work-boxes..peep-show boxes, all kinds of boxes.

1897 Overland Monthly Mar. 258/1 He merely held that all this peep-show performance of modern affairs was a progression towards emptiness, that there was nothing sound or wholesome, but naked, unblushing savagery.

1941 J. Masefield In Mill 110 I had seen him box in one of the little primitive peep-show cinemas.

2000 N.Y. Post 16 Nov. 54/4 This funny, fascinating and at times moving story of the battle to unionize a San Francisco peep-show club.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	peep show
释义	peep shown. Brit. /ˈpiːp ʃəʊ/, U.S. /ˈpip ˌʃoʊ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: peep n.², peep v.¹, show n.¹ Etymology: < either peep n.² or peep v.¹ + show n.¹ Originally: a sequence of pictures viewed through a magnifying lens or hole set into a box, formerly offered as a public entertainment. Now also: a titillating, erotic, or pornographic film or live show, usually viewed from a coin-operated booth. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > optical shows > [noun] > peep-show piece of perspective1600 raree-show1677 raree-fine show1734 peep show1801 cosmorama1823 1801 Hampshire Repository II. Letters Sect. 92 A German Jew in —— town Carried a peep-show up and down; Id est, a box, whose womb contains Rivers, and oceans, hills, and plains. 1822 J. H. Reynolds Press ii. 58 Whilst Brewster each one's optic nerves delights By his famed peep-show and its varying sights. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 88/1 Being a cripple, I am obliged to exhibit a small peep-show. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 25 The peep-shows which Nature provides with such endless variety for her children. 1914 G. B. Shaw Misalliance 67 I spent sevenpence on dropping pennies into silly automatic machines and peepshows of rowdy girls having a jolly time. 1937 L. MacNeice Poems 110 It's no go the merrygoround, it's no go the rickshaw, All we want is a limousine and a ticket for the peepshow. 1940 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 23 July 4/3 A super peep-show with more than fifty lovely gals in their birthday suits. 1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 48/1 Sexual Behavior in the Human Male is a penny arcade peep show given the chrome treatment of scientific charts and figures. 1968 Pacific Stars & Stripes 3 Mar. (Sunday Mag.) 11/1 This body taboo..makes possible pornography, the lewd movie, the peep show, and all of the offenses of exhibitionism and indecent exposure. 1999 F. Wynne tr. M. Houellebecq Atomised (2001) 184 He started visiting sex shops and peepshows which only served to aggravate his suffering. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 7 Oct. v. 10/2 Skip the sex emporiums, the seedy peep shows and brothelized side streets. Compounds General attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > other side-shows poppy-show1691 hall of mirrors1789 peep show1851 funhouse1920 freak show1939 Wall of Death1946 1851 Househ. Words II. 290/1 There were tambourines, books, work-boxes..peep-show boxes, all kinds of boxes. 1897 Overland Monthly Mar. 258/1 He merely held that all this peep-show performance of modern affairs was a progression towards emptiness, that there was nothing sound or wholesome, but naked, unblushing savagery. 1941 J. Masefield In Mill 110 I had seen him box in one of the little primitive peep-show cinemas. 2000 N.Y. Post 16 Nov. 54/4 This funny, fascinating and at times moving story of the battle to unionize a San Francisco peep-show club. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1801
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