virile


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
virile/ˈvɪrʌɪl/
adjective (of a man) having strength, energy, and a strong sex drive.

■ vigorous, strong, and manly.

– derivatives
virility noun.
– origin C15 (in the sense ‘characteristic of a man’): from Fr. viril or L. virilis, from vir ‘man’.
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