Virile vs. Masculine

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Virileadjective

Being manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.

Virileadjective

Possessing high sexual drive and capacity for sexual intercourse.

Virileadjective

(grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.

Virileadjective

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; as, virile age, virile power, virile organs.

Virileadjective

characterized by energy and vigor;

Virileadjective

characteristic of a man;

Virileadjective

(of a male) able to copulate

Virileadjective

(of a man) having strength, energy, and a strong sex drive

Virileadjective

having or characterized by strength and energy

Masculineadjective

Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.

Masculineadjective

Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.

Masculineadjective

Belonging to males; typically used by males.

Masculineadjective

Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.

Masculineadjective

(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.

Masculineadjective

(of a noun) Being of the masculine class, or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.

Masculineadjective

(of some other parts of speech) Being inflected in agreement with the masculine noun.

Masculinenoun

(grammar) The masculine gender.

Masculinenoun

(grammar) A word of the masculine gender.

Masculinenoun

That which is masculine.

Masculinenoun

A man.

Masculineadjective

Of the male sex; not female.

Masculineadjective

Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong; robust.

Masculineadjective

Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males.

Masculineadjective

Having the inflections of, or construed with, words pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine and neuter. See Gender.

Masculinenoun

a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male

Masculineadjective

of grammatical gender;

Masculineadjective

associated with men and not with women

Masculineadjective

(music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable;

Masculineadjective

having qualities or appearance traditionally associated with men

Masculineadjective

relating to men; male

Masculineadjective

of or denoting a gender of nouns and adjectives, conventionally regarded as male

Masculinenoun

the male sex or gender

Masculinenoun

a masculine word or form.

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