Antonyms for satyr

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sey-ter, sat-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈseɪ tər, ˈsæt ər

puritan

Definition of satyr

Origin : woodland deity, companion of Bacchus, late 14c., from Latin satyrus, from Greek satyros, of unknown origin. In pre-Roman Greek art, a man-like being with the tail and ears of a horse; the modern conception of a being part man, part goat is from Roman sculptors, who seem to have assimilated them to the fauns of native mythology. In some English bibles used curiously to translate Hebrew se'irim, a type of hairy monster superstitiously believed to inhabit deserts.

As in lecher : noun debauchee
As in libertine : noun debauched person
As in lech : noun lecher

Example sentences :

As for that precocious damsel, she would run no least risk of destruction by the satyr.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

The savage and the satyr might have beheld, and been awed into reverence.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

He is the most wonderful of human beings, and absolutely unlike anyone but a satyr.
Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato

And this is what I and many others have suffered from the flute-playing of this satyr.
Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato

You yourself will not deny, Socrates, that your face is like that of a satyr.
Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato

He painted the figure of a Satyr, and beside it, as a trifle, he inserted a partridge.
Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various

You will not deny this, Socrates, that your face is like that of a satyr.
Extract from : « The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece » by Various

When the Satyr again inquired the reason, he said that he did it to cool the meat, which was too hot.
Extract from : « Aesop's Fables » by Aesop

When the Satyr asked the reason for this, he told him that he did it to warm his hands because they were so cold.
Extract from : « Aesop's Fables » by Aesop

I found Penelope in the yew-walk, leaning against the statue of a satyr.
Extract from : « The Honourable Mr. Tawnish » by Jeffery Farnol

Synonyms for satyr

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