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subvirate nonce-wd.|ˈsʌbvɪreɪt| [f. sub- 19 + L. vir man + -ate4.] One whose manhood is imperfect. (Used jocularly as if the name of a chemical salt.)
1861O. W. Holmes Old Vol. Life Wks. 1891 VIII. 9 Even these poor New England Brahmins of ours, subvirates of an organizable base as they often are, count as full men. |