Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
satyr . - noun An obsolete erroneous spelling of
satire .
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Examples
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February 4, 2008 at 8:52 am yes, it is kwite entertaynmental. onced i founded teh reel thing on TB adn thot it wuz a satyre…
Congress. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Flight of the Lombardes: In this syde-splittinge comedic satyre, two yonge Lombard marchauntz, named Brentano and Germano, comen to Londoun to make their fortune wyth trading and finaunce.
Archive 2007-11-01 2007
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Flight of the Lombardes: In this syde-splittinge comedic satyre, two yonge Lombard marchauntz, named Brentano and Germano, comen to Londoun to make their fortune wyth trading and finaunce.
Some Awesome Things 2007
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Theo Spark - I like his devil-may-care attitude and his excellent satyre.
10 Links To Add Praguetory 2007
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Theo Spark - I like his devil-may-care attitude and his excellent satyre.
Archive 2007-02-01 Praguetory 2007
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“May contain satyre about racism and public figures” and let we, the purchasers decide if we want it or not? reply
Apple Has No Sense Of Humor. Luckily, Google Does. MG Siegler 2005
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_Antiopa_ daughter to _Nycteus_, and mother to _Amphion_ and _Zeteus_ that built Thebes, with hir satyre.
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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He fears not for the rest of his 'supposed tartnesse; but unto every worthy minde it will be approved so generall and honest as may modestly passe with the freedome of a satyre.'
Shakspere and Montaigne Jacob Feis
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His favorite subject was satyre, but he wrote with equal facility on other subjects.
The Beginnings of Public Education in North Carolina; A Documentary History, 1790-1840. Vol. I Charles Lee 1908
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The old man interrupted him with a savage emotion which Jonas Billings said made him look like "a satyre."
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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