Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Excessive, often uncontrollable sexual desire in and behavior by a man.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A diseased and unrestrainable venereal appetite in men, corresponding to nymphomania in women.
- n. In pathology, lepra.
Wiktionary
- n. Uncontrollable sexual desire, found in a man (contrast to nymphomania)
- n. The quality of excessive sexual passion in a male
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Immoderate venereal appetite in the male.
WordNet 3.0
- n. abnormally intense sexual desire in men
Etymologies
- Late Latin satyriāsis, from Greek saturiāsis, from saturos, satyr.
Examples
“There is a form of excessive libido in men called satyriasis, which reaches such a degree that the men are often not able to control their desires, and they will satisfy their passion even if they know that the result is sure to be a venereal infection or several years in prison.”
“In "satyriasis," with its connotation of pathology, he has found his true tone, which he extends in denouncing among homosexuals "a dreary sexual conformism ... rigidly defined and routinized sex moves in the theatrical costume of police or ranch wear [sic].”
“I also liked this piece in the LA Times -- "DSK and France's code of silence" -- about how there must be a happy medium between "the French embrace of satyriasis among political leaders and Americans' puritanical intolerance of sexual impropriety...”
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“A tsunami of books and articles and documentaries now appeared on the subject of the president's satyriasis.”
“Terminology "Nymphomania" and "satyriasis" are not listed as disorders in the DSM-IV, though they remain a part of ICD-10, each listed as a subtype of "Hypersexuality.”
“In particular, it is not related to hypersexuality, sometimes known as nymphomania or satyriasis.”
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“Hieronymus Mercurialis, in his chapter of melancholy, cites it for an especial cause of this malady, [1482] priapismus, satyriasis, &c. Haliabbas, 5.”
“There the sexual excitement increased to a veritable satyriasis, which lasted until he died.”
“I had my satyriasis strap-on, my P.A.G.A.N.-brand goat leggings, and "Free Kevin Federline" t-shirt all ready to go, too.”
““Everyone knows that town gentlemen often suffer from satyriasis.””
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘satyriasis’.
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Mythical Qualities
Adjectives derived from mythological figures
saturnine, apollonian, dionysian, oedipal, mercurial, martial, erotic, aphrodisiac, orphic, titanic, herculean, puckish and 20 more...
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Fetishes, Erotica & Descriptive Smut
Sexually charged words, or those that could be. Sexual innuendos are mighty welcome.
lubricious, turgid, tumescent, tumid, feverish, mons, mons veneris, prurient, ophidian, houri, cyprian, licentious and 41 more...

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