virile

Definitions


[ˈvɪrʌɪl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- having strength, energy, and a strong sex drive (typically used of a man)
(e.g: he was a powerful, virile man)


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Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘characteristic of a man’): from French viril or Latin virilis, from vir ‘man’




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