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sa·tyr  (str, str)

n.

1. often Satyr Greek Mythology A woodland creature depicted as having the pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.

2. A licentious man; a lecher.

3. A man who is affected by satyriasis.

4. Any of various butterflies of the family Satyridae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots.

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[Middle English satire, from Old French, from Latin satyrus, from Greek saturos.]

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sa·tyric (s-tîrk, s-), sa·tyri·cal (--kl) adj.

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satyr [ˈsætə]

n

1. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth one of a class of sylvan deities, represented as goatlike men who drank and danced in the train of Dionysus and chased the nymphs

2. a man who has strong sexual desires

3. (Psychiatry) a man who has satyriasis

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various butterflies of the genus Satyrus and related genera, having dark wings often marked with eyespots: family Satyridae

[from Latin satyrus, from Greek saturos]

satyric  [səˈtɪrɪk], satyrical adj

satyr-like  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	satyr - man with strong sexual desires       lech, lecher, letch degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
	2.	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

Translations

satyr [ˈsætəʳ] N → sátiro m

satyr [ˈsætə^r] n (in mythology) → satyre m

satyr

n → Satyr m

satyr [ˈsætəʳ] n (liter) → satiro