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satyr

noun

  1. goat-like male companions of Pan and Dionysus, in Greek mythology
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Pronunciation: /ˈsætə/ / /ˈseɪtɚ/ / /ˈsætɚ/

noun

Etymology: From French satyre, from Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos).

  1. 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.

    Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel, / From the glad sound would not be absent long. male variation of nymphs

  2. Synonym of faun.
  3. A lecherous man.
  4. Any of various butterflies of the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.
  5. The orangutan.