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satyr

sa·tyr [ sáytər, sáttər ] (plural sa·tyrs)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. half-man, half-goat: in Greek mythology, a wood-dwelling creature with the head and body of a man and the ears, horns, and legs of a goat. Satyrs were characterized as being fond of lechery and drunken merriment.
Roman equivalent  faun


2. man displaying inappropriate sexual behavior: a man who displays inappropriate or excessively sexual behavior

3. zoology butterfly: a brown or gray butterfly with spotted wings. Family Satyridae.

[14th century. Via French< Latin satyrus< Greek saturos]

sa·tyr·ic [ say trik, sətírrik ] adjective
sa·tyr·i·cal [ saytírrik'l, sətírrik'l ] adjective
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