Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Unrestrained sexual behavior by a man.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A diseased and unrestrainable venereal appetite in men, corresponding to nymphomania in women.
  • noun In pathology, lepra.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Immoderate venereal appetite in the male.

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  • noun Uncontrollable sexual desire, found in a man (contrast to nymphomania)
  • noun The quality of excessive sexual passion in a male

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  • noun abnormally intense sexual desire in men

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Late Latin satyriāsis, from Greek saturiāsis, from saturos, satyr.]

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Late Latin satyriasis, from Ancient Greek σατυρίασις.

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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.

    Woman Her Sex and Love Life William J. Robinson

  • 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]."

    An Exchange on AIDS Rechy, John 1983

  • 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..."

    Beth Arnold: Letter From Paris: The Face of Dominique Strauss-Kahn Beth Arnold 2011

  • A tsunami of books and articles and documentaries now appeared on the subject of the president's satyriasis.

    What Were They Thinking? Christopher Buckley 2010

  • A tsunami of books and articles and documentaries now appeared on the subject of the president's satyriasis.

    What Were They Thinking? Christopher Buckley 2010

  • A tsunami of books and articles and documentaries now appeared on the subject of the president's satyriasis.

    What Were They Thinking? Christopher Buckley 2010

  • In particular, it is not related to hypersexuality, sometimes known as nymphomania or satyriasis.

    Eight Diseases that Give You Super Human Powers | Impact Lab 2007

  • 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."

    Sexual Addiction 2009

  • Hieronymus Mercurialis, in his chapter of melancholy, cites it for an especial cause of this malady, [1482] priapismus, satyriasis, &c. Haliabbas, 5.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • There the sexual excitement increased to a veritable satyriasis, which lasted until he died.

    06 « November « 2007 « Jahsonic 2007

  • Stuart told me—over and over again—that Epstein suffered from “satyriasis,” which he described as the male version of nymphomania, and that he used his money and power to “make an industry” out of having sex with underage girls.

    I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book. Leland Nally 2023

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  • (noun) - An irresistible desire in man to have frequent connexion with females, accompanied by the power of doing so without exhaustion . . . The principal symptoms are: almost constant erection, irresistible and almost insatiable desire for venery, frequent nocturnal pollutions. Cold lotions, the cold bath, a mild diet, active exercise, &c. are the only means that can be adopted for its removal. This medical term is still heard in Britain.

    --Robley Dunglison's Dictionary of Medical Science, 1844

    January 16, 2018