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satyr
UK /ˈsætə/ US /ˈseɪtɚ/
noun 5
Collocations
2ADJ.
thoughtless
VERB + SATYR
simple-minded
Definitions
noun
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.
Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel, / From the glad sound would not be absent long. male variation of nymphs
2
Synonym of faun.
3
A lecherous man.
4
Any of various butterflies of the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.
5
The orangutan.
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Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel, / From the glad sound would not be absent long. male variation of nymphs
Wiktionary02
I sensed with discomfort that the two of them might ridicule me behind my back as a thoughtless, simple-minded satyr.
Tatoeba · #60597103
Tom is a satyr.
Tatoeba · #1400868Usage Notes
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