▪ I. satyric, a. and n.
(səˈtɪrɪk)
Also 7 satir-, satyrique, 8 satir-, satyrick.
[ad. L. satyric-us, Gr. σατυρικ-ός, f. σάτυρ-ος satyr: see -ic.]
A. adj. Pertaining to satyrs; esp. as the epithet of that species of Greek drama in which the chorus was habited to represent satyrs.
| 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts 13 That..there are certaine little hilles full of the Satyrique-ægipanæ, and that in the night time they vse great fires, piping and dansing. 1693 Dryden Juvenal Ded. (1697) 32 In the Olympique Games, where the Poets contended for four Prizes, the Satirique Tragedy was the last of them. 1776 J. Bryant Mythol. III. 196 They had also..the satyric dance, which was common among the Thracians, and the people of Greece. 1783 T. Wilson Archæol. Dict. s.v. Scene, According to Vitruvius there were three sorts of scenes, Tragic, Comic, and Satyric. 1819 Shelley (title) The Cyclops. A Satyric Drama Translated from the Greek of Euripides. 1871 Nesbitt Catal. Slade Coll. Glass 167 Five columns, surmounted by satyric masks. 1877 Ruskin Fors Clav. lxxxiii. 360 Which satyric dance and sirenic song accomplished [etc.]. |
† B. n. A satyric drama. Obs.
| 1693 Dryden Juvenal Ded. (1697) 32 Amongst the Plays of Euripides,..there is one of these Satyriques. Ibid. 33 The Satyrique, says he [Casaubon], is a Dramatique Poem, annex'd to a Tragedy; having a Chorus, which consists of Satyrs. |
▪ II. satyric
obs. form of satiric.