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impotent

Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpət(ə)nt/
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Definition of impotent

adjective

  • 1unable to take effective action; helpless or powerless:he was seized with an impotent anger
  • 2(of a man) abnormally unable to achieve an erection or orgasm: he was on medication which had made him impotent
  • (of a male animal) unable to copulate.

Derivatives

impotence

noun

impotency

noun

impotently

adverb

Origin:

late Middle English: via Old French from Latin impotent- 'powerless', from in- 'not' + potent- (see potent1)

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