satyr
Meaning
- (Greek) 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) Synonym of faun.
- (broadly) 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.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsætə/
Etymology
From French satyre, from Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos).
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