satyriasis means Excessive sexual desire, found in a man. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
SATYRIASIS — [Noun] A clinical condition of excessive and often uncontrollable sexual desire in a male. From Late Latin satyriasis, from Ancient Greek σατυρίασις (saturíasis), from σάτυρος (satyros, "satyr, a lustful mythological creature") + -ιασις (-iasis, "diseased condition"). Unlike "nymphomania," which pathologizes the same drive in women, or "lechery," which moralizes a character flaw, satyriasis medicalizes a mythology. It is the frantic pulse in the temple during a polite conversation, the gaze that sees not a person but an anatomy of possibilities, and the ceaseless, scraping hunger that turns every scent into a summons—a diagnosis that exposes the fragile border between a vital biological imperative and the prison of its own machinery.
noun
- Excessive sexual desire, found in a man.“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.), […]”
- The quality of excessive sexual passion in a male.