Definition of satyr Satyr

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We found 13 definitions of satyr from 6 different sources.

What does satyr mean?

Noun Plural: satyrs
satyr - one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns
		forest god
		greek deity a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks
satyr - man with strong sexual desires
		lecher, lech, letch
		degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

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satyr (Noun)
A male companion of Pan or Dionysus with the tail of a horse and a perpetual erection.
satyr (Noun)
A faun.
satyr (Noun)
A lecherous man.
satyr (Noun)
Any of various butterflies of the family Satyridae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown .
satyr (Noun)
The orangutan.

satyr (n.)
A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness.
satyr (n.)
Any one of many species of butterflies belonging to the family Nymphalidae. Their colors are commonly brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings. Called also meadow browns.
satyr (n.)
The orang-outang.

satyr
sat′ėr, or sā′tėr, n. a silvan deity, represented as part man and part goat, and extremely wanton: a very lecherous person: a species of butterfly.—ns. Sat′yral (her.), a monster with a human head and the limbs of different animals; Satyrī′asis, morbid lasciviousness in men, corresponding to nymphomania in women—also Satyromā′nia.—adjs. Satyr′ic, -al, pertaining to satyrs.—ns. Satyrī′næ, the argus butterflies; Satyr′ium, a genus of small flowered orchids; Sat′yrus, the genus of orangs—simia. [L. satyrus—Gr. satyros.]

satyr
A libidinous fellow: those imaginary things are by poets reported to be extremely salacious.

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