Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Virile

Virile (?; 277) , adjective

[Latin virilis, from vir a man; akin to Anglo-Saxon wer: compare French viril. See Werewolf, World, and compare 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.