SATYR, n. One of the few characters of the Grecian mythology accorded
recognition in the Hebrew. (Leviticus, xvii, 7.) The satyr was at
first a member of the dissolute community acknowledging a loose
allegiance with Dionysius, but underwent many transformations and
improvements. Not infrequently he is confounded with the faun, a
later and decenter creation of the Romans, who was less like a man and
more like a goat.
Source: THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
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Satyr \Sa"tyr\ (?; 277), n. [L. satyrus, Gr. ?: cf. F. satyre.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as
part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous
merriment and lasciviousness.
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Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel,
From the glad sound would not be absent long.
--Milton.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of many species of butterflies belonging
to the family Nymphalidae. Their colors are commonly
brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings. Called
also meadow browns.
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3. (Zool.) The orang-outang.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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47 Moby Thesaurus words for "satyr":
Cailleac, Faunus, Pan, Priapus, Vidar, Vitharr, aphrodisiomaniac,
bugger, coprophiliac, corn spirit, dirty old man, eroticomaniac,
erotomaniac, exhibitionist, faun, fertility god, fetishist,
field spirit, forest god, goat, gynecomaniac, lecher, masochist,
narcissist, necrophiliac, nymphomaniac, old goat, panisc, panisca,
paniscus, paraphiliac, pederast, pedophiliac, rapist, sadist,
scotophiliac, silenus, sodomist, sodomite, sylvan deity,
the goat god, transvestite, vegetation spirit, voyeur, whoremaster,
whoremonger, zoophiliac
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Satyr \Sa"tyr\ (?; 277), n. [L. satyrus, Gr. ?: cf. F. satyre.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as
part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous
merriment and lasciviousness.
Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel,
From the glad sound would not be absent long.
--Milton.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of many species of butterflies
belonging to the family Nymphalid[ae]. Their colors are
commonly brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings.
Called also meadow browns.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The orang-outang.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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