Definition of satyr

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sa·tyr    (str, str) KEY  

NOUN:

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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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English satire, from Old French, from Latin satyrus, from Greek saturos

OTHER FORMS:
sa·tyric   (s-tîrk, s-) KEY   or sa·tyri·cal   (--kl) KEY  (Adjective)

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