Potence
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Power or strength; potency. countable, uncountable
- 2 the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse wordnet
- 3 A stud that acts as a support of a pivot in a watch or clock. countable, uncountable
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French potence (“power, a crutch”), from Latin potentia (“power, in Medieval Latin also crutch”), from potens (“powerful”); see potent.