What does "impotent" mean?
Impotent: O most lame and impotent conclusion! Shak. Not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. Addison.
Additional senses
- 2.Wanting the power of self-restraint; incontrolled; ungovernable; violent. Impotent of tongue, her silence broke. Dryden.
- 3.(Med.) Wanting the power of procreation; unable to copulate; also, sometimes, sterile; barren.
- 4.One who is imoitent. [R.] Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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