Satyr

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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.
     

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  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.