satyr
A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man…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.
» Tom is a satyr.
Tom ist ein Satyr.
Том - сатир.
Том — сатир.
Meaning
5 senses(Greek)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.
Satyr
сати́рsatír
(Roman)Synonym of faun.
(broadly)A lecherous man.
man with strong sexual desires
Any of various butterflies of the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.
(obsolete)The orangutan.
Examples
3 sentencesTom is a satyr.
Том — сатир.
ruТом - сатир.
deTom ist ein Satyr.
Of course, there are no longer bawdy houses, where these unfortunates are displayed openly to debauched satyrs.
I sensed with discomfort that the two of them might ridicule me behind my back as a thoughtless, simple-minded satyr.
Translations
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Origin
From French satyre, from Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos).From French satyre, from Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos).
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Forms
plural: satyrsSynonyms
5 synonyms- one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns:forest god
- man with strong sexual desires:lecherlechletch