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English word origin

Etymology of satyr

From French satyre, from Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos).

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noun

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. · Synonym of faun. · A lecherous man. · Any of various butterflies of the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.

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From French satyre, from Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos).

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