virility
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virility
- /vəˈɹɪlɪti/
Rhymes with -ɪlɪti
Where it comes from
From virile + -ity, from Middle French virilité, from Latin virīlitās.
noun virilities
- The state of being virile. Woolen threads were an occult means, according to the Roman poet Horace, of depriving a person of virility.
- Manly character, quality, or nature.
- The ability of a man to procreate. The Rabbis adjured her to endow the young man with his former virility, but she vehemently refused to do so.
Similar: masculinity · Opposite: femininity, muliebrity
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noun
Similar: masculinity · Opposite: femininity, muliebrity
Translations
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noun the state of being virile
| Español | virilidad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 정력 jeongnyeok |
| हिन्दी | मर्दानगी mardāngī |
| Português | virilidade |
| Français | virilité |
| Deutsch | Männlichkeit |
| Italiano | virilità |
| Ελληνικά | ανδρότητα andrótita, ανδρισμός andrismós |
| Română | virilitate |
| Русский | му́жественность múžestvennostʹ |
noun manly character
| Deutsch | Mannhaftigkeit, Männlichkeit, Männlichsein, männliche Beschaffenheit |
|---|
noun ability to procreate
| Deutsch | Manneskraft, Zeugungskraft, Geschlechtspotenz, Potenz, Virilität, Mannheit |
|---|---|
| العربية | فُحُولَة fuḥūla |
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title = {virility},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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