virile
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- 9
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
/ˈvɪɹ.əl/
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/ˈvɪɹ.əl/ · /ˈvɪɹˌaɪl/
Definition of virile
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
- Manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
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adj
- Manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
- Possessing high sexual drive and capacity for sexual intercourse.
- Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle French viril, from Latin virīlis, from vir (“man”, “male human”) + -īlis (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).
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