Found 3 hits - Term: virile, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
virile \vi"rile\ ?; 277, a. l. virilis, fr. vir a man; akin
to as. wer: cf. f. viril. see werewolf, world, and cf.
decemvir, virago, virtue.
having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man;
characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful;
forceful; specifically, capable of begetting; -- opposed to
womanly, feminine, and puerile; as, virile age, virile power,
virile organs.
1913 webster
1913 webster
see also:
werewolf world decemvir virago virtue
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
virile
adj 1: characterized by energy and vigor; "a virile and ever
stronger free society"; "a new and virile leadership"
2: characteristic of a man; "a deep male voice"; "manly sports"
syn: male, manful, manlike, manly
3: of a male able to copulate syn: potent ant: impotent
see also:
male manful manlike manly potent impotent
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
18 moby thesaurus words for "virile":
broad-shouldered, decisive, driving, energetic, forceful,
hairychested, he-mannish, macho, male, manful, manlike, manly,
mannish, masculine, potent, robust, ultramasculine, viripotent
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