Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Satyr (-s, -'s)
satyr (-s, -'s), n. [L. < Gk., see satirist, n.] (webplay: eye).
- Forest demigod; woodland demon; mythological sylvan goat-man.
- Mythical musician; [word play on “satire”] criticism; ridicule; censure; reviling; raillery.
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