'impotency

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impotent (ˈɪmpətənt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  (when postpositive, often takes an infinitive) lacking sufficient strength; powerless
2.  See erectile impotence (esp of males) unable to perform sexual intercourse
3.  obsolete lacking self-control; unrestrained
 
'impotence
 
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'impotency
 
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'impotentness
 
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'impotently
 
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'impotency is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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