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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sa•tyr /ˈseɪtɚ, ˈsætɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Mythologya creature in Greek myth, represented as part human and part horse or goat.
- a lascivious man; lecher.
sa•tyr•ic /səˈtɪrɪk/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sa•tyr (sā′tər, sat′ər),USA pronunciation n. - Classics, Mythologyone 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.
- a lascivious man; lecher.
- a man who has satyriasis.
Also, sa•tyr•id (sā′tər id, sat′ər-, sə tī′rid).USA pronunciation Also called sa′tyr but′terfly. any of several butterflies of the family Satyridae, having gray or brown wings marked with eyespots.- Greek sátyros
- Latin satyrus
- Middle English 1325–75
sa•tyr•ic (sə tir′ik),USA pronunciation sa•tyr′i•cal, adj. sa′tyr•like′, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: satyr /ˈsætə/ n - one of a class of sylvan deities, represented as goatlike men who drank and danced in the train of Dionysus and chased the nymphs
- a man who has strong sexual desires
- any of various butterflies of the genus Satyrus and related genera, having dark wings often marked with eyespots: family Satyridae
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin satyrus, from Greek saturossatyric /səˈtɪrɪk/, saˈtyrical adj |