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virility

[ vuh-ril-i-tee ]

/ vəˈrɪl ɪ ti /

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noun

the state or quality of being virile; manly character, vigor, or spirit; masculinity.

the power of procreation.

Origin of virility

1580–90; < Latin virīlitās, equivalent to virīli(s) virile + -tās -ty²

OTHER WORDS FROM virility

non·vi·ril·i·ty, noun ul·tra·vi·ril·i·ty, noun

Words nearby virility

viridian, viridity, virile, virilescence, virilism, virility, virilization, virilocal, virino, virion, virl

Example sentences from the Web for virility

The reason, Foster argues, is that impotence implies a lack of virility, a lack of manliness.

What the Sex Lives of the Founding Fathers Reveal About Us |Eric Herschthal |February 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Predictably then, if oddly too, this man's very existence had become a test of Indian virility.

India’s Twisted Conscience on Terrorism |Dilip D’Souza |February 16, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
It is the cornea—the last redoubt of virility and independence.

Found: Rand Paul's Secret Papers |Kent Sepkowitz |June 21, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
None of this feared Republican virility is any more real than the charge that the GOP manufactured the Turfers.

The GOP Freak Show |John Batchelor |August 7, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

The boy's character was a compound of sensibility and hard rebelliousness, virility and introspection.

The Red and the Black |Stendhal
That all this virility and nubility and glamor is pure coincidence?

Masters of Space |Edward Elmer Smith
He was a tawny giant, exuding a force and virility and a compelling magnetism that gripped one instantly.

Square Deal Sanderson |Charles Alden Seltzer
He knew her level, penetrating glance, but she had a virility he had not expected.

The Girl From Keller's |Harold Bindloss
Her every step was a dance, her every word and gesture full of a grace and virility that filled the old folks with uneasy wonder.

Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 |Lucy Maud Montgomery

Medical definitions for virility

virility

[ və-rĭl′ĭ-tē ]

n.

The quality or state of being virile.

Masculine vigor; potency.