virility

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Perhaps your virility is a threat to me since my erections are not as firm as when I was twenty-five?

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  1. noun The quality or state of being virile; manly character.
  2. noun Masculine vigor; potency.

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  • Uncomfortably Alys recognized that his virility was much of the reason she found him so unnerving. —  Mary Jo Putney - The Rake.htm
  • Men resent anything and everything which questions their virility, their attraction for the opposite sex, their physical courage and their sense of humour, particularly the last-named. —  Cold, Lone and Still - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 64
  • Perhaps your virility is a threat to me since my erections are not as firm as when I was twenty-five? —  A Website for the Older Gamer - 2old2play
  • As well as finally proving Henry's virility, the hatchlings will give a much-needed boost to the genetic diversity of an endangered species. —  European Tribune
  • Everything about him indicated volcanic temperament, virility, and impulsiveness which amounted to eccentricity Harrah represented to Bruce practically his last chance, but there was nothing in Harrah's veiled, non-committal eyes as he motioned Bruce to a chair and inquired brusquely: "Well--what kind of a wild-cat have you got?" —  The Man from the Bitter Roots
 

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