[syn: satyr, forest god]
The 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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
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.