satyr

Meaning

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.
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. (obsolete) The orangutan.

Synonyms

faun

lech

letch

libertine

lecher

forest god

roue

profligate

rake

Silenus

lascivious person

debauchee

woodland deity

debaucher

deity

lascivious

lustful

rip

sylvan

peeping tom

voyeur

Hyphenated as

sa‧tyr

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsætə/

Etymology

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