SATYR

satyr, forest god

(noun) one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns

satyr, lecher, lech, letch

(noun) man with strong sexual desires

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

satyr (plural satyrs)

(Greek mythology) A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness, sometimes pictured with a perpetual erection.

(Roman mythology) synonym of faun

(by extension) A lecherous man.

Any of various butterflies of the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.

(obsolete) The orangutan.

Synonyms

• See also libertine

Anagrams

• T-rays, artsy, stary, stray, trays, yrast

Source: Wiktionary


Sa"tyr, n. Etym: [L. satyrus, Gr. satyre.]

1. (Class. Myth.)

Definition: A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness. Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel, From the glad sound would not be absent long. Milton.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any one of many species of butterflies belonging to the family Nymphalidæ. Their colors are commonly brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings. Called also meadow browns.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The orangoutang.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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