virility

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

VIRIL'ITY, noun [Latin virilitas.] 1. Manhood; the state of the male sex, which has arrived to the maturity and strength of a man, and to the power of procreation. 2. The power of procreation. 3. Character of man. [Unusual.]
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