impotent
adjectivenounattested in dialogue
- //ˈɪm.pə.tənt//
- //ˈɪm.pə.tɪnt//
Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak
adjective
- 1
Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak
- 2
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 erection, having impotentia coeundi.
A person smeared with the excrement of a mouse was rendered impotent, according to Pliny the Elder.
- 4
Sterile
- 5
obsoleteLacking self-restraint
Then, impotent of tongue (her ſilence broke) / Thus turbulent in rattling tone ſhe ſpoke.
Etymology
From Old French impotent, from Latin impotēns, from in- (expresses negation) + potēns (“powerful”).
noun
- 1
A man who has erectile dysfunction
- 2
An impotent or powerless person
Forms
- plural
- impotents
- comparative
- more impotent
- superlative
- most impotent
impotent · Lacking physical strength or vigor; weak
impress · To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.impressed · Strongly affected, especially favourably.impression · The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one…