a. Deficient in manhood; unmanly; effeminate. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. virilis, fr. vir a man; akin to AS. wer: cf. F. viril. See Werewolf, World, and cf. Decemvir, Virago, Virtue. ] 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;
[ 1913 Webster ]