Satyr

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /sæt.É™(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ætÉ™(r)

Alternative forms

• satyre rare or archaic
• satyrus rare

Origin

From French satyre, from Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek σάτυρος, from Hebrew שָׂעִיר.

Noun

1. (Greek mythology) A male companion of Pan or Dionysus with the tail of a horse and a perpetual erection.
• MiltonRough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel,
  From the glad sound would not be absent long.
2. (Roman mythology) A faun.
3. A lecherous man.
4. Any of various butterflies of the family Satyridae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.
5. (obsolete) The orangutan.

Related terms

• satyrisk

Synonyms

Anagrams

• artsy
• stray
• trays, T-rays