单词 | viripotent |
释义 | † viripotentadj.1 Obsolete. Of a woman: Physically fit for marriage; of a marriageable age. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > fitness for marriage > [adjective] > marriageable (of woman) viripotent1587 nubile1642 virile1648 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 38/1 The kings daughter affianced..vnto him, and (being now viripotent or mariable) desired that she might be deliuered vnto them. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 101/2 He would not suffer his sonne to marrie hir, being not of ripe yeares nor viripotent or mariable. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i. 1656 in T. Blount Glossographia This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † viripotentadj.2 Obsolete. rare. Possessed of strength or energy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > filled with vigour invigorated1646 viripotent1646 energized1848 pepped-up1916 dynamized1920 crunk1995 1646 J. Gaule Select Cases Conscience 113 Of giving Potions to make people love or hate as they please. Making the strength of youth impotent, and dead Bodies viripotent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.11587adj.21646 |
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