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virilities

virilities is the plural of virility.

Meaning of virility

Noun

virility (countable and uncountable, plural virilities)

  1. The state of being virile.
    • Woolen threads were an occult means, according to the Roman poet Horace, of depriving a person of virility.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 234
  2. Manly character, quality, or nature.
  3. The ability of a man to procreate.
    • The Rabbis adjured her to endow the young man with his former virility, but she vehemently refused to do so.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 50

Questions about virilities

What is virilities the plural of?
Virilities is the plural of virility.

Words near virilities in the dictionary

  1. virilising
  2. virilism
  3. virilisms
  4. virilist
  5. virilists
  6. virilities
  7. virility
  8. virilization
  9. virilizations
  10. virilize
  11. virilized

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