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satyriasis

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WOTD – 15 February 2006

Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin satyriasis, from Ancient Greek σατυρίασις (saturíasis).

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Noun

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satyriasis (usually uncountable, plural satyriases)

  1. Excessive sexual desire, found in a man.
    Synonyms: satyrism, satyromania
    Hypernym: hypersexuality
    Coordinate term: nymphomania
    • 1920, B. G. Jefferis, J. L. Nichols, “Sexual Proprieties and Improprieties”, in Searchlights on Health‎[1]:
      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.), […]
    • 1998, The Big Lebowski (motion picture), spoken by Maude Lebowski (Julianne Moore):
      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.
  2. The quality of excessive sexual passion in a male.
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Swedish

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Noun

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satyriasis c

  1. satyriasis

Usage notes

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Uninflected.

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