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 Cyclops, of uncertain date, is the only extant example of a satyric drama.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various

The Cyclops of Euripides is the only extant specimen of a satyric drama.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

There were likewise in them representations of eating parties opposite to one another, of tragic, and comic, and satyric animals, having on real clothes.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us