satyr
Plural: satyrs
Noun
- A mythical Greek woodland deity, part man and part goat.
- man with strong sexual desires
- one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns
- 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.
- The orangutan.
Examples
- His play of SATYR, though short, conjured an image of mischievous woodland spirits on the board.
Origin / Etymology
From French satyre, from Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos).
Scrabble Score: 8
satyr: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsatyr: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
satyr: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 7
satyr: valid Words With Friends Word