Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

invirile

/ɪnˈvɪɹaɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-vir-ile
IPA: /ɪnˈvɪɹaɪl/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Deficient in manhood; effeminate, unmanly.

Example Sentences

"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, […]"

Etymology

From in- + virile.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: in

Inflected Forms

more invirile (comparative) most invirile (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce invirile?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈvɪɹaɪl/.
What does invirile mean?: Deficient in manhood; effeminate, unmanly.
Where does invirile come from?: From in- + virile.

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