virile
virile is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man; characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful; forceful; specifically, capable of begetting; -- opposed to womanly, feminine, and puerile; as, virile age, virile power, virile organs.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adolescence
- adolescent
- adult
- adultness
- age
- animal
- assume
- attain
- beau
- blade
- boar
- boy
- buck
- bull
- bullock
- capon
- chap
- chicken
- cock
- come
- cut
- discretion
- dog
- drake
- elf
- entire
- est
- estate
- fellow
- flower
- full
- gaffer
- gander
- gay
- gelding
- gentleman
- goat
- good
- grown
- hart
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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