What does invirile mean?
Invirile means Deficient in manhood; effeminate, unmanly..
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/ɪnˈvɪɹaɪl/ · adjective
Deficient in manhood; effeminate, unmanly..
Ovid in Pontus, puling for his Rome / Of men invirile and disnatured dames / That poison sucked from the Attic bloom decayed, / Shrank with a shudder from the blue-eyed race / Whose force rough-handed should renew the world, […]
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Invirile means Deficient in manhood; effeminate, unmanly..
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Ovid in Pontus, puling for his Rome / Of men invirile and disnatured dames / That poison sucked from the Attic bloom decayed, / Shrank with a shudder from the blue-eyed race / Whose force rough-handed should renew the world, […]
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