Vir"id*ness (?), n. Viridity; greenness.
Vi"rile (?; 277), 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; as, virile age, virile power, virile organs.
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Vi*ril"i*ty (?), n. [L. virilitas: cf. F. virilité.] The quality or
state of being virile; developed manhood; manliness; specif., the power
of procreation; as, exhaustion. "Virility of visage." Holland.
Vi*rip"o*tent (?), a. [L. vir man + potens fit for.] Developed in
manhood; hence, able to beget; marriageable. [Obs.]
Being not of ripe years, not viripotent.
Holinshed.