adj. Being manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
adj. Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult man; characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful; forceful; specifically, capable of begetting; -- opposed to womanly, feminine, and puerile.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pertaining to a man as opposed to a woman; belonging to the male sex; hence, pertaining to procreation: as, the virile power.
Masculine; not feminine or puerile; hence, masterful; strong; forceful.
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adj. characteristic of a man
adj. characterized by energy and vigor
adj. (of a male) capable of copulation
Word Usage
"They've been made to believe that it makes them, what they call virile, poor fools, and they're growing ill on it."