virility

virility
The condition or quality of being virile. [L. virilitas, manhood, fr. vir, man]

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vi·ril·i·ty və-'ril-ət-ē, Brit also vī- n, pl -ties the quality or state of being virile: as
a) the period of developed manhood
b) the capacity to function as a male in copulation

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vi·ril·i·ty (vĭ-rilґĭ-te) [L. virilitas, from vir man] masculinity.

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