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supervirility

supervirility noun: the quality of being extremely virile or manly.

Noun

supervirility (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being extremely virile or manly
    • Much of the timbre of a voice whose richness in an earlier era was synonymous with an image of supervirility remains intact.2009 January 15, Stephen Holden, “A Crooner Returns, With a Swing in His Heart”, in New York Times

Origin of supervirility

From super- + virility.

Questions about supervirility

What does supervirility mean?
Supervirility means the quality of being extremely virile or manly.
What part of speech is supervirility?
Supervirility is a noun.

Words near supervirility in the dictionary

  1. superviolence
  2. superviolent
  3. superviral
  4. supervirial
  5. supervirile
  6. supervirility
  7. supervirtuosi
  8. supervirtuoso
  9. supervirtuosos
  10. supervirulent
  11. supervirus

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