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virility

virility

9 7.6
A quality of physical strength, energy, and sexual power often linked to men
  • noun
  • /vɪˈrɪləti/
translation icon : virilidad
  • The advertisement promised to boost male virility and enhance sexual performance.
  • virility and masculinity
  • male virility
  • display their virility

And this is about manliness or virility.

Examples

  • Isn't that supposed to increase virility?

    The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

  • I'm only 41, I still have my virility.

    1776 (1972)

  • You fear you have lost your virility.

    The Perez Family (1995)

  • He'll provide a dangerous symbol of your own virility.

    City Island (2009)

  • What this does is it returns to man his original state, his virility.

    Duplicity (2009)

  • Sexual partners are chosen by women based on virility, the ability to care, and availability of superior sperm.

    Blog text (3)

  • According to the norms of the street, it suggests virility and manliness.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The Gallic rooster is the symbol of virility and sexual prowess.

    Academic text (2005)

  • In Benin symbolism, redness implies heat, virility, and the vitality of blood.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The additional qualities of courage, virility, youth, and male beauty derived from Greek ideals constituted the broader concept of manliness.

    Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

lustiness
vsvirility
1 6.4

A state of being strong, healthy, and full of energy

emphasizes sexual power and male association rather than general bodily vigor

Antonyms

weakness
133 1.4

Lack of physical or mental strength that makes someone less able to act

impotence
  • NSFW
16 7.7

Unable to get or keep an erection

Compounds

virility drug
  • Specialized
7.2

A medicine that helps men get and keep an erection

How Virile

potency
  • NSFW
5 7.5
virility
9 7.6
manliness
8 4.4

Surface Forms

virility singular
virilities plural

Morphology

virility = virile (transparent) = virile + ity

A straightforward adjective-to-noun derivation: 'virile' -> 'virility' (the quality of being virile), despite the orthographic alternation -ile → -ility.

Etymology

Virility comes from the old Latin root vir, which means 'man'. That's why virility today still means 'strength, energy, and sexual power' often linked to men.