Vī'rile or Vir'ile, a.

(Synop., § 130), a. [Fr., Pr., Sp., & Pg. viril, It. virile, Lat. virilis, from vir, a man.]

1. Of, or pertaining to, a man, in the eminent sense of the word (not to man, in the sense of the human race); belonging to the male sex; as, virile age.
2. Masculine; — opposed to puerile or feminine; as, virile strength or vigor.