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Webster 1913 Edition


Virility

Vi-ril′i-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
virilitas
: cf. F.
virilité
.]
The quality or state of being virile; developed manhood; manliness; specif., the power of procreation;
as, exhaustion
.
Virility of visage.”
Holland.

Webster 1828 Edition


Virility

VIRIL'ITY

,
Noun.
[L. virilitas.]
1.
Manhood; the state of the male sex, which has arrived to the maturity and strength of a man, and to the power of procreation.
2.
The power of procreation.
3.
Character of man. [Unusual.]

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virility

virility

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Noun

virility (countable and uncountable, plural virilities)

  1. The state of being virile.
  2. Manly character.
  3. The ability to procreate.

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