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Satyriasis

//ˌsatɪˈrʌɪəsɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Excessive sexual desire, found in a man. uncountable, usually

    "The indulgence of illicit pleasures, says Dr. S. Pancoast, sooner or later is sure to entail the most loathsome diseases on their votaries. Among these diseases are […] Satyriasis (a species of sexual madness, or a sexual diabolism, causing men to commit rape and other beastly acts and outrages, not only on women and children, but men and animals, as sodomy, pederasty, etc.), […]"

  2. 2
    abnormally intense sexual desire in men wordnet
  3. 3
    The quality of excessive sexual passion in a male. uncountable, usually

Etymology

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

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