satyric
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He has trod these boards as the satyric Bluebeard, as Ebenezer Scrooge, as a neurotic shrink in Reverse Psychology, even as Rufus Foufas, a bamboozled patron of the arts in Le Bourgeois Avant-Garde.
From Time Magazine Archive
Despite his gift for sharp dialogue, wild humor and satyric satire he leaves the reader with an exasperating feeling of emptiness.
From Time Magazine Archive
The satyric is adorned with groves, dens, and mountains, and other rural objects.”
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
Glaucus was the subject of a satyric drama by Aeschylus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
The satyric element seems, however, never to have become really popular, the fabula saltica as we know it dealing mainly with tragic or highly emotional themes.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth
