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.
satyrical
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a word derived from
satyr.
Example Sentences
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These periodical pieces are long since buried in neglect, and perhaps would have even sunk into oblivion, had not Mr. Pope, by his satyrical writings, given them a kind of disgraceful immortality.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. by Theophilus Cibber
This is the only way I can account for his having sometimes carried his satyrical Strokes farther, than, I doubt, a true and laudable Satyrist would have thought justifiable.
From A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope by Colley Cibber
We find in the issue for March 19th, 1711, a correspondent desires Addison to be “very satyrical upon the little muff” that was then fashionable amongst men.
From England in the Days of Old by William Andrews
This eminent satyrical poet, was the son of the reverend Mr. John Oldham, a nonconformist minister, and grandson to Mr. John Oldham, rector of Nun-Eaton, near Tedbury in Gloucestershire.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume II by Theophilus Cibber
The nightingale sings of adulterate wrong, And that, compared, is too satyrical; For sin, though sin, would not be so esteemed, But, rather, virtue sin, sin virtue deemed.
From King Edward III by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
