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Viripotent
adj
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Able to sire children; sexually mature. obsolete
"He would not suffer his sonne to marrie hir, being not of ripe yeares nor viripotent or mariable."
- 2 Lusty; virile; full of life and sexual energy.
"Of giving potions to make people love or hate as they please, making the strength of youth impotent, and dead bodies viripotent."
Etymology
From Latin vir (“man”) + potens (“fit for”).
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