virility
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virile + -ity, from Middle French virilité, from Latin virīlitās.
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virility (countable and uncountable, plural virilities)
- The state of being virile.
- Manly character, quality, or nature.
- The ability of a man to procreate.
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 50:
- The Rabbis adjured her to endow the young man with his former virility, but she vehemently refused to do so.
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the state of being virile
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manly character
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ability to procreate
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