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satyr

Syllabification: (sa·tyr)

Definition of satyr

noun

  • 1 Greek Mythology one of a class of lustful, drunken woodland gods. In Greek art they were represented as a man with a horse’s ears and tail, but in Roman representations as a man with a goat’s ears, tail, legs, and horns.
  • a man who has strong sexual desires.
  • 2a satyrid butterfly with chiefly dark brown wings.
    • Tribes Satyrini (including the Eurasian genus Satyrus) and Euptychiini (the American wood satyrs), subfamily Satyrinae, family Nymphalidae

Derivatives

satyric

Pronunciation: /səˈtirik/

adjective

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French satyre, or via Latin from Greek saturos

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