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satyrs

satyrs is the plural of satyr.

Meaning of satyr

Noun

satyr (plural satyrs)

  1. (Greek) A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness, sometimes pictured with a perpetual erection.
    • Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel, / From the glad sound would not be absent long.
      male variation of nymphs1637, John Milton, Lycidas
  2. (Roman) Synonym of faun.
    Synonyms:
    faun
  3. (broadly) A lecherous man.
  4. Any of various butterflies of the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.
  5. (obsolete) The orangutan.

Questions about satyrs

What is satyrs the plural of?
Satyrs is the plural of satyr.

Words near satyrs in the dictionary

  1. satyrizing
  2. satyrlike
  3. satyromania
  4. satyromaniac
  5. satyromaniacs
  6. satyrs
  7. Satyrus
  8. Satyvati
  9. saté
  10. satés
  11. SAU

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