Impotency

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    impotence dated, uncountable, usually

    "Some were poor by impotency of nature; as young fatherless children, old decrepit persons, idiots, and cripples."

  2. 2
    the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble wordnet
  3. 3
    an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate wordnet

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erectile dysfunctionimpotenceimpotencepowerlessnesspowerlessnesssoftness

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"Some were poor by impotency of nature; as young fatherless children, old decrepit persons, idiots, and cripples."

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erectile dysfunctionmedical condition

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