satyr

4 definitions found

satyr - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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satyr - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  satyr
      n 1: man with strong sexual desires [syn: satyr, lecher,
           lech, letch]
      2: one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus;
         identified with Roman fauns [syn: satyr, forest god]

satyr - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Satyr
  hairy one. Mentioned in Greek mythology as a creature composed
  of a man and a goat, supposed to inhabit wild and desolate
  regions. The Hebrew word is rendered also "goat" (Lev. 4:24) and
  "devil", i.e., an idol in the form of a goat (17:7; 2 Chr.
  11:15). When it is said (Isa. 13:21; comp. 34:14) "the satyrs
  shall dance there," the meaning is that the place referred to
  shall become a desolate waste. Some render the Hebrew word
  "baboon," a species of which is found in Babylonia.

satyr - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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