virile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.

/ˈvɪɹ.əl/ /ˈvɪɹˌaɪl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-virile.wav

virile more virile most virile

From Middle French viril, from Latin virīlis, from vir (“man”, “male human”) + -īlis (suffix forming adjectives from nouns).

nonvirile

membrum virile semen virile virtue#Related_terms

pudendum virile virile member virile organ virilism virilist virility viropause

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