— satyric /seuh tir"ik/ , satyrical , adj. — satyrlike , adj.
/say"teuhr, sat"euhr/ , n.
1. Class. Myth. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
2. a lascivious man; lecher.
3. a man who has satyriasis.
4. Also, satyrid /say"teuhr id, sat"euhr-, seuh tuy"rid/ . Also called satyr butterfly . any of several butterflies of the family Satyridae, having gray or brown wings marked with eyespots.
[ 1325-75; ME satyrus sátyros ]