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noun
1.
the condition or quality of being impotent; weakness.
2.
chronic inability to attain or sustain an erection for the performance of a sexual act.
3.
sterility, especially in the male.
4.
Obsolete. lack of self-restraint.
Also, im·po·ten·cy, im·po·tent·ness.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English, variant (see -ence) of impotencie < Latin impotentia want of self-control, weakness. See im-2, potency
1375–1425; late Middle English, variant (see -ence) of impotencie < Latin impotentia want of self-control, weakness. See im-2, potency
Can be confused: 1. impetus, impotence, sterility; 2. importance, impotence (see synonym note at importance); 3. impotence, sterility, sterilized.
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World English Dictionary
| impotent (ˈɪmpətənt) | |
| —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 | |
| —n | |
| 'impotency | |
| —n | |
| 'impotentness | |
| —n | |
| 'impotently | |
| —adv | |
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impotence im·po·tence (ĭm'pə-təns) or im·po·ten·cy (-tən-sē)
n.
The quality or condition of being impotent.
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