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impotent

adj
/ˈɪm.pə.tənt/

Etymology

From Old French impotent, from Latin impotēns, from in- (expresses negation) + potēns (“powerful”).

  1. derived from impotēns
  2. derived from impotent

Definitions

  1. Lacking physical strength or vigor

    Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak

  2. Lacking in power, as to act effectively

    Lacking in power, as to act effectively; helpless

    • Technology without morality is barbarous; morality without technology is impotent

  3. Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an…

    Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection, having impotentia coeundi.

    • A person smeared with the excrement of a mouse was rendered impotent, according to Pliny the Elder.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Sterile

    2. Lacking self-restraint

      • Then, impotent of tongue (her ſilence broke) / Thus turbulent in rattling tone ſhe ſpoke.

    3. A man who has erectile dysfunction

    4. An impotent or powerless person

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Derived

impotently, impotentness, nonimpotent, self-impotent

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at impotent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01impotent02inability03incapability04incapable05imbecile

A definitional loop anchored at impotent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at impotent

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA