virility
noun/vəˈɹɪlɪti/
Etymology From virile + -ity, from Middle French virilité, from Latin virīlitās.
1
The state of being virile.
- Woolen threads were an occult means, according to the Roman poet Horace, of depriving a person of virility.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 234:
2
Manly character, quality, or nature.
3
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.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 50:
- Synonyms
- masculinity
- Antonyms
- femininity, muliebrity
- Derived terms
- viropause
- Related terms
- virile