satyre

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A form of 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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nounsatyre (plural satyres)

plural satyres

  1. alternativearchaicrareAlternative spelling of satyr.
  2. obsoleteObsolete spelling of satire.

    Advice to Sappho, occasioned by her verses on the imitator of the first Satyre of the second book of Horace, by a Gentlewoman,[…]

    1733, Sapphus, poetriae Lesbiae, fragmenta et elogia

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satyre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/satyre

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“satyre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/satyre. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “satyre,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/satyre.

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