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virility

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noun/vəˈɹɪlɪti/
  1. 1

    The state of being virile.countableuncountable

    • Woolen threads were an occult means, according to the Roman poet Horace, of depriving a person of virility.
  2. 2

    Manly character, quality, or nature.countableuncountable

  3. 3

    The ability of a man to procreate.countableuncountable

    • The Rabbis adjured her to endow the young man with his former virility, but she vehemently refused to do so.

syn. masculinity

ant. femininity · muliebrity

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