Definition of "satyr" []

• Greek Mythology A woodland creature depicted as having the pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry. (noun)
• A licentious man; a lecher. (noun)
• A man who is affected by satyriasis. (noun)
• Any of various butterflies of the family Satyridae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots. (noun)

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• "His eyes, under massively arched brows, were wide apart and black with the blackness that is barbaric, while before them was perpetually falling down a great black mop of hair through which he gazed like a roguish satyr from a thicket."
• "Yes, Drew, our modern idea of the satyr is the Greek image conflated with the Italic deity of Faunus, who had the horns and goat legs."
• "The man was quite right, and the satyr was a fool."