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Definition of Satyrical
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or having the characteristics of a satyr. "This satyric old man pursues young girls"
Definition of Satyrical
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Satyrical
Literary usage of Satyrical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Original Letters, Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal by Henry Ellis (1827)
"John Coke to Master Thomas Cromwell reporting a satyrical exhibition at Barrow
reflecting on King Henry and Queen Anne. [Ms. COTTON. ..."
2. The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries (1921)
"A satyrical DESCRIPTION* OF COMMENCEMENT AT HARVARD, 1718 Anon A TRUE HISTORY OF
THE FEATS, ADVENTURES, AND SUFFERINGS OF MATTHEW CALKINS IN THE TIME OF THE ..."
3. The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now First by John Dryden, Edmond Malone (1800)
"... is understood: so that the Greek poem made according to the manners of a Satyr,
and expressing his qualities, must properly be called satyrical, ..."
4. Philological Museum by Julius Charles Hare (1832)
"The satyrical pieces of Sophocles are as frequently quoted as his tragedies.
Nor is the question quite accurately stated if we say that . ..."
5. Excursions from Bath by Richard Warner (1801)
"bery family, became the theatre of wit and elegant literature; the spot where
Pope occasionally indulged his satyrical muse; the gentle Gay pursued his ..."
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