satyriasis

noun
/ˌsatɪˈrʌɪəsɪs/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin satyriasis, from Ancient Greek σατυρίασις (saturíasis).

  1. borrowed from satyriasis

Definitions

  1. Excessive sexual desire, found in a man.

    • An early physician, a certain Baldassar Timoeus [...] adds that a preparation of nitre, dissolved in aqua nymphae, cured a chronic case of satyriasis.
    • It's a male myth about feminists that we hate sex. It can be a natural, zesty enterprise. But unfortunately there are some people—it is called satyriasis in men, nymphomania in women—who engage in it compulsively and without joy.
  2. The quality of excessive sexual passion in a male.

The neighborhood

Derived

satyriasic

Vish — recursive loop

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