What is a SATYR

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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 Thesaurus:libertine

Derived terms:

satyrisation,

satyrization

satyrizing

satyrlike

Related terms:

satyriasis

satyrisk

Alternative forms:

satyre (rare, archaic)

satyrus (rare)

Etymology:

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

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