virility
/vəˈɹɪlɪti/
virility noun: the state of being virile.
Noun
virility (countable and uncountable, plural virilities)
- 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
- Manly character, quality, or nature.
- 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
virility meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
virility in Hindi
- the state of being virile
- मर्दानगी mardāngī
virility in Marathi
- virility;
- जवानी javānī
- virility, sexual prowess
- वीर्य vīrya
virility in Urdu
- the state of being virile
- مردانگی mardāngī
virility in Bengali
- the state of being virile
- পুরুষত্ব puruśotto
More languagesFewer languages
- virility in Malayalam
- പുരുഷത്വം, പൗരുഷം, ഉല്പാദനശക്തി
- virility in Kannada
- ಗಂಡುತನ, ಪುರುಷತ್ವ, ಪುಂಸ್ತ್ವ, ಪೌರುಷ
- virility in Tagalog
- bulog, lakas-lalaki
- virility in Arabic
- فُحُولَة fuḥūla
- virility in Persian
- مردانگی mardânegi
Synonyms of virility
Antonyms
Forms of virility
| plural | virilities |
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Origin of virility
From virile + -ity, from Middle French virilité, from Latin virīlitās.
Words formed from virility
Words that rhyme with virility
- sensibility
- utility
- facility
- ability
- disability
- compatibility
- possibility
- probability
- fertility
- fragility
- futility
- impossibility
36 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- senility
- vulnerability
- agility
- capability
- comfortability
- flexibility
- hostility
- improbability
- indomitability
- instability
- juvenility
- nobility
- stability
- accommodability
- affability
- backward compatibility
- backwards compatibility
- bouncebackability
- chewability
- creatability
- debility
- diffability
- ductility
- forward compatibility
- forwards compatibility
- fuckability
- humility
- impressionability
- ineffability
- irascibility
- manageability
- mutility
- tabability
- unassailability
- upward compatibility
- versatility
Questions about virility
- What does virility mean?
- Virility means the state of being virile.
- What is virility in Hindi?
- Virility in Hindi is मर्दानगी (mardāngī). See Virility meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is virility?
- Virility is a noun.
- How do you pronounce virility?
- Virility is pronounced /vəˈɹɪlɪti/.
- What is the plural of virility?
- The plural of virility is virilities.
Words near virility in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: virility (page history and authors); जवानी (Marathi) (page history and authors); virility (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); virility (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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