satyr
noun
one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
satyr-like
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a word derived from
satyr.
Example Sentences
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His portrayal doesn’t so much personalize the figure of Hamlet’s murderous, satyr-like uncle-turned-stepfather as incarnate the spreading rot creeping through the kingdom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2017
He made his Pegasus plod in too deep mud, and often in his most winged flights he darkened the blue with his satyr-like brutalities.
From Promenades of an Impressionist by James Huneker
In order to comply she makes of clay Eabani, a satyr-like, hairy wild man, with a tail and horns, who lives with the beasts.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
He caught a glimpse of Mr. Sabin’s face as he leaned back amongst the cushions, dark, satyr-like, forbidding.
From Mysterious Mr. Sabin by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
His long head was sunk between his high shoulders, and his white, satyr-like face was distorted by an odious grin as he dragged himself between the prince and his inamorata.
From Black Diamonds by Mór Jókai
