What does "impotency" mean?
Impotency: Want of self-restraint or self-control. [R.] Milton.
Additional senses
- 2.(Law & Med.) Want of procreative power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes, sterility; barrenness.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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