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Satyrical

adjective
1.
Of or relating to or having the characteristics of a satyr.  Synonym: satyric.






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"Satyrical" Quotes from Famous Books



... has, long wanted a Satyrical Pen to shew the ill Effects of this unwholsome Method, which I suppose has been much discouraged and hindered hitherto, from the general use it has been under many Years, especially by the Northern Brewers, ...
— The London and Country Brewer • Anonymous

... you, and by that tide adopted for yours, rather than to be fathered as my own. And it is a chance if there be wanting some quarrelsome persons that will shew their teeth, and pretend these fooleries are either too buffoon-like for a grave divine, or too satyrical for a meek christian, and so will exclaim against me as if I were vamping up some old farce, or acted anew the Lucian again with a peevish snarling at all things. But those who are offended at the lightness and pedantry of this subject, I would have them consider that I do ...
— In Praise of Folly - Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts • Desiderius Erasmus



Words linked to "Satyrical" :   satyr, satyric



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