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virile

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virile
1. of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an adult male
2. (of a male) possessing high sexual drive and capacity for sexual intercourse
3. of or capable of copulation or procreation


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The book once published, the sex of the work, whether virile or not, has been recognized and proclaimed; when the child has once uttered his first cry he is born, there he is, he is made so, neither father nor mother can do anything, he belongs to the air and to the sun, let him live or die, such as he is.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
My virile food taketh effect, my strong and savoury sayings: and verily, I did not nourish them with flatulent vegetables
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
There was something naively festive in his air, which, in conjunction with his firm and virile features, gave him a rather comical expression.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
 
 
 
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