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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| satire, satyr (nn.) |
| A satire (pronounced SA-TEIR) is “a mocking attack on evil and stupidity”; a satyr (pronounced either SAI-tuhr or SA-tuhr) is the “oversexed classical woodland figure, part man and part goat,” and its modern successor, the dirty old man. For satire, see also IRONY. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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