satyriasis
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/ˌsatɪˈrʌɪəsɪs/
Definition of satyriasis
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable, usually)Excessive sexual desire, found in a man.
“The indulgence of illicit pleasures, says Dr. S. Pancoast, sooner or later is sure to entail the most loathsome diseases on their votaries. Among these diseases are […] Satyriasis (a species of sexual madness, or a sexual diabolism, causing men to commit rape and other beastly acts and outrages, not only on women and children, but men and animals, as sodomy, pederasty, etc.), […]”
“An early physician, a certain Baldassar Timoeus [...] adds that a preparation of nitre, dissolved in aqua nymphae, cured a chronic case of satyriasis.”
“It's a male myth about feminists that we hate sex. It can be a natural, zesty enterprise. But unfortunately there are some people—it is called satyriasis in men, nymphomania in women—who engage in it compulsively and without joy.”
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noun
-
(uncountable, usually)Excessive sexual desire, found in a man.
“The indulgence of illicit pleasures, says Dr. S. Pancoast, sooner or later is sure to entail the most loathsome diseases on their votaries. Among these diseases are […] Satyriasis (a species of sexual madness, or a sexual diabolism, causing men to commit rape and other beastly acts and outrages, not only on women and children, but men and animals, as sodomy, pederasty, etc.), […]”
“An early physician, a certain Baldassar Timoeus [...] adds that a preparation of nitre, dissolved in aqua nymphae, cured a chronic case of satyriasis.”
“It's a male myth about feminists that we hate sex. It can be a natural, zesty enterprise. But unfortunately there are some people—it is called satyriasis in men, nymphomania in women—who engage in it compulsively and without joy.”
- (uncountable, usually)The quality of excessive sexual passion in a male.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin satyriasis, from Ancient Greek σατυρίασις (saturíasis).
Words you can make from satyriasis
122 playable · top: ASSAYS (9 pts)
Best play assays 9 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
17 words5-letter words
32 words- ARTSY 8 pts
- ASSAY 8 pts
- RAYAS 8 pts
- SASSY 8 pts
- SATAY 8 pts
- SATYR 8 pts
- SAYST 8 pts
- SISSY 8 pts
- STAYS 8 pts
- STRAY 8 pts
- TAYRA 8 pts
- TRAYS 8 pts
- AIRTS 5 pts
- ARIAS 5 pts
- ARSIS 5 pts
- ASSAI 5 pts
- ASTIR 5 pts
- ATRIA 5 pts
- RAIAS 5 pts
- RAITA 5 pts
- RIATA 5 pts
- SARIS 5 pts
- SATIS 5 pts
- SITAR 5 pts
- STAIR 5 pts
- STARS 5 pts
- STIRS 5 pts
- STRIA 5 pts
- TARSI 5 pts
- TIARA 5 pts
- TRASS 5 pts
- TSARS 5 pts
4-letter words
29 words- AIRY 7 pts
- ARTY 7 pts
- RAYA 7 pts
- RAYS 7 pts
- RYAS 7 pts
- SAYS 7 pts
- STAY 7 pts
- TRAY 7 pts
- AIRS 4 pts
- AIRT 4 pts
- AITS 4 pts
- ARIA 4 pts
- ARTS 4 pts
- IRIS 4 pts
- RAIA 4 pts
- RAIS 4 pts
- RATS 4 pts
- RIAS 4 pts
- SARI 4 pts
- SASS 4 pts
- SATI 4 pts
- SIRS 4 pts
- SITS 4 pts
- SRIS 4 pts
- STAR 4 pts
- STIR 4 pts
- TARS 4 pts
- TASS 4 pts
- TSAR 4 pts
3-letter words
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