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satyr.

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.

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noun/ˈsætə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈseɪtɚ/General-American/ˈsætɚ/General-American
  1. 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.

    Greek
  2. Synonym of faun.

    Roman
  3. A lecherous man.

    broadly
  4. Any of various butterflies of the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.

  5. The orangutan.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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

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