Virile Definition

vîrəl, -īl
adjective
Of, belonging to, or characteristic of an adult man; manly; male.
Webster's New World
Masculine in a robust way; manly.
American Heritage
Having manly strength or vigor; forceful.
Webster's New World
Of or capable of copulation; sexually potent.
Webster's New World

Being manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.

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Origin of Virile

  • Middle English from Old French viril from Latin virīlis from vir man wī-ro- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin virilis.

    From Wiktionary

Virile Sentence Examples

  • Taureans are strong and virile, whether they are male or female.

  • Alex was so virile.

  • In this respect it was an important factor in the rise of that middle-class literature which found its most virile expression in the period of the Reformation.

  • Power seems to have somewhat spoilt this virile race, but such authorities as Sir Frederick Lugard believe them still capable of a great future.

  • But the steady growth of slavery in the East and of a virile democracy in the West neutralized this influence and compelled the assembling of the constitutional convention of 1829, whose purpose was to revise the fundamental law in such a way as to give the more populous counties of the West their legitimate weight in the legislature.

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