SATYR


Meaning of SATYR in English

ˈsā]d.ə(r), ]tə- also ˈsa]\ noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English, from Latin satyrus, from Greek satyros

1.

a. often capitalized : an ancient Greek sylvan deity often represented as having certain attributes of a horse or goat and having a fondness for Dionysian revelry

b. : orangutan

c. : a hairy demon of the desert

wild beasts shall meet with hyenas, the satyr shall cry to his fellow — Isa 34:14 (Revised Standard Version)

2. : a lecherous man : one having satyriasis

he is neither a eunuch nor a satyr — Raymond Chandler

3. : any of numerous butterflies (family Satyridae) that are commonly brown and gray often with ocelli on the wings and have the veins of the fore wings usually much swollen at the base

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