impotent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak
Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless
Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection, having impotentia coeundi.
Sterile
Lacking self-restraint

noun

/ˈɪm.pə.tənt/ /ˈɪm.pə.tɪnt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-impotent.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-impotent.wav /ɪmˈpoʈəɳʈ/ /ˈɪmpɵʈəɳʈ/

impotent more impotent most impotent impotents

From Old French impotent, from Latin impotēns, from in- (expresses negation) + potēns (“powerful”).

feeble puny weak helpless powerless incontinent wet noodle

potent priapist

impotence

impotently impotentness nonimpotent self-impotent

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