virile
adjective
[ ˈvɪrʌɪl ]
• having strength, energy, and a strong sex drive (typically used of a man).
• "he was a powerful, virile man"
Similar:
manly,
masculine,
male,
all-male,
gallant,
chivalrous,
swashbuckling,
valiant,
valorous,
courageous,
brave,
intrepid,
fearless,
stout-hearted,
lionhearted,
bold,
heroic,
daring,
strong,
tough,
vigorous,
robust,
powerfully built,
well made,
well built,
muscular,
muscly,
brawny,
rugged,
strapping,
sturdy,
hefty,
husky,
burly,
solid,
substantial,
red-blooded,
sexually potent,
fertile,
fecund,
macho,
laddish,
butch,
beefy,
hunky,
studly,
ripped,
shredded,
buff,
jacked,
Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘characteristic of a man’): from French viril or Latin virilis, from vir ‘man’.
