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Meaning of sileni | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A group of minor deities or demigods similar to fauns or satyrs.

Greek, plural, plural-only

Examples

“And so, while husbands are worshiping at their boyhood shrines, being the lawyers, merchants, or masterminds their parents wanted them to be, their wives, even after fourteen years of marriage and two fine children produced and raised, are still on the search for love - which can come to them only from the centaurs, sileni, satyrs, and other concupiscent incubi of the rout of Pan, either as in the second of the above-recited dreams, or as in our popular, vanilla-frosted temples of the venereal goddess, under the make-up of the latest heroes of the screen.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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