satyric

Variant of satyr

satyr definition

sa·tyr (sāt′ər, sat′-)

noun

  1. Gr. Myth. any of a class of minor woodland deities, attendant on Dionysus, orig. represented as having the ears and tail of a horse, later as having pointed ears, short horns, the head and trunk of a man, and the hind legs of a goat, and as being fond of riotous merriment and lechery
  2. a lustful or lecherous man
  3. a man having satyriasis
  4. any of a worldwide family (Satyridae) of butterflies with gray or brown wings, often with eyelike spots
    also called satyrid sa′·ty·rid (-ə rid)

Etymology: ME satir < L satyrus < Gr satyros

Related Forms:

  • satyric sa·tyr′ic (sā tir′ik) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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