viripotent
viripotent adjective: able to sire children; sexually mature.
Adjective
viripotent (comparative more viripotent, superlative most viripotent)
- Able to sire children; sexually mature.
- He would not suffer his sonne to marrie hir, being not of ripe yeares nor viripotent or mariable.1577, Holinshed, Henry II
- Mesmer attributed all the phenomena of animal magnetism to the efflux and the influx of a subtle fluid conceived of as specifically localised in the magnet, but radiating also from stars and planets, sun and moon, the earth and the sky, and most effectively of all from the bodies of healthy and...1858, Samuel Brown, Lectures on the atomic theory and essays scientific and literary
- Lusty; virile; full of life and sexual energy.
- Of giving potions to make people love or hate as they please, making the strength of youth impotent, and dead bodies viripotent.1822, William Johnson Fox, Witchcraft
- All now spent which should have seeded viripotent May.1955, Shenandoah, volumes 7-8, page 55
viripotent meaning in Tamil
viripotent in Tamil
- பால் பருவ மடைந்த ஆண், பால் பருவ முற்ற பெண்
Examples of viripotent in a sentence
- Have you, aged, settled into lesser lights, or have you retained all your viripotent powers?1964, Gertrude Jobes, James Jobes, Outer space, page 384:
- Their heroines, albeit to a lesser extent than the viripotent Lea of La Bicyclette bleue, experience sexuality as enabling.1988, Judith Graves Miller, Françoise Sagan, page 124:
- "Seventh Heaven" Kathmandu Temple Kiff (tm); a viripotent cannabis alternative for blissful regressions of vexatious depressions.2004, Jonathan Land, The Spam Letters, page 23:
Forms of viripotent
| comparative | more viripotent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most viripotent |
Origin of viripotent
From Latin vir (“man”) + potens (“fit for”).
Questions about viripotent
- What does viripotent mean?
- Viripotent means able to sire children; sexually mature.
- What is viripotent in Tamil?
- Viripotent in Tamil is பால் பருவ மடைந்த ஆண், பால் பருவ முற்ற பெண். See Viripotent meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use viripotent in a sentence?
- Have you, aged, settled into lesser lights, or have you retained all your viripotent powers?
- What part of speech is viripotent?
- Viripotent is an adjective.
Words near viripotent in the dictionary
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