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What is the opposite of virility?
virilitynoun. Antonyms: invirility, impotency, emasculation. Synonyms: manhood, manly vigor.
What is the female version of virility?
Muliebrity
Did you know? Muliebrity has been used in English to suggest the distinguishing character or qualities of a woman or of womankind since the 16th century. (Its masculine counterpart, virility, entered the language at about the same time.)
What is the synonym of virility?
(noun) in the sense of masculinity. Synonyms. masculinity. machismo. manhood.
What does Virity mean?
1 : the quality or state of being true or real. 2 : something (such as a statement) that is true especially : a fundamental and inevitably true value such eternal verities as honor, love, and patriotism.
Can a woman be virile?
Virile means “marked by strength or force”. In this last sense, virility is to men as fertility is to women. Virile has become obsolete in referring to a “nubile” young woman, or “a maid that is Marriageable or ripe for a Husband, or Virill”.
What does male virility mean?
1a : having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree. b : characteristic of or associated with men : masculine. 2 : having the nature, properties, or qualities of an adult male specifically : capable of functioning as a male in copulation. 3 : energetic, vigorous. 4 : masterful, forceful.
When a man is virile?
You’ll often hear the word virile referring to a manly, powerful man, because the word means having physical strength and other typical masculine qualities. When you think of a virile man, you imagine a tough, strong guy who’s full of energy, vigor, and sexual potency.
Is virility a virtue?
The virile is not simply what is manly; it is more: an ideal of power and virtue, self-assurance and maturity, certitude and domination . . . . courage and “greatness” accompanied by strength and vigor. The Romans made virility more complex and demanding.
What is the querulous?
Definition of querulous 1 : habitually complaining. 2 : fretful, whining a querulous voice.