faun

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

faun, n. [L. Faunus, fr. favere to be favorable. See Favor.].

 A god of fields and shipherds, diddering little from the satyr. The fauns are usually represented as half goat and half man.  [1913 Webster]
"Satyr or Faun, or Sylvan."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

faun, n. a Latin rural deity with a human face and torso and a goat's horns, legs, and tail.

Etymology

ME f. OF faune or L Faunus, a Latin god identified with Gk Pan

THESAURUS

faun

Cailleac, Faunus, Pan, Priapus, Vidar, Vitharr, corn spirit, fertility god, field spirit, forest god, panisc, panisca, paniscus, satyr, silenus, sylvan deity, the goat god, vegetation spirit

ROGET THESAURUS

faun

Demon

N demon, daemon, demonry, demonology, evil genius, fiend, familiar, daeva, devil, bad spirit, unclean spirit, cacodemon, incubus, Eblis, shaitan, succubus, succuba, Frankenstein's monster, Titan, Shedim, Mephistopheles, Asmodeus, Moloch, Belial, Ahriman, fury, harpy, Friar Rush, vampire, ghoul, afreet, barghest, Loki, ogre, ogress, gnome, gin, jinn, imp, deev, lamia, bogie, bogeyman, bogle, nis, kobold, flibbertigibbet, fairy, brownie, pixy, elf, dwarf, urchin, Puck, Robin Goodfellow, leprechaun, Cluricaune, troll, dwerger, sprite, ouphe, bad fairy, nix, nixie, pigwidgeon, will-o'-the wisp, ghost, revenant, specter, apparition, spirit, shade, shadow, vision, hobglobin, goblin, orc, wraith, spook, boggart, banshee, loup-garou, lemures, evil eye, merman, mermaid, merfolk, siren, satyr, faun, manito, manitou, manitu, possession, demonic possession, diabolic possession, insanity, Maxwell's demon, demoniac, demonic, demonical, impish, demoniacal, fiendish, fiend-like, supernatural, weird, uncanny, unearthly, spectral, ghostly, ghost-like, elfin, elvin, elfish, elflike, haunted, pokerish, possessed, possessed by a devil, possessed by a demon, demonically.