Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - impotent
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Impotent
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~ adj 1 unable to take effective action because you do not have enough power, strength, or control (Emergency services seem almost impotent in the face of such a disaster. | impotent rage) 2 a man who is impotent is unable to have sex because he cannot get an erection (1) - impotently adv - impotence n
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1. If someone feels impotent, they feel that they have no power to influence people or events. The aggression of a bully leaves people feeling hurt, angry and impotent... = powerless ADJ 2. If a man is impotent, he is unable to have sex normally, because his penis fails to get hard or stay hard. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin ~-, impotens, from in- + potent-, potens potent Date: 14th century 1. a. not potent ; lacking in power, strength, or vigor ; helpless b. unable to engage in sexual intercourse because of inability to have and maintain an erection; broadly sterile 2. obsolete incapable of self-restraint ; ungovernable • ~ noun • ~ly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 a powerless; lacking all strength. b helpless, decrepit. 2 (esp. of a male) unable, esp. for a prolonged period, to achieve a sexual erection or orgasm. Derivatives impotence n. impotency n. impotently adv. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L impotens (as IN-(1), POTENT(1)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. слабохарактерный человек 2. мед. импотент 3. бессильный, слабый; беспомощный impotent rage —- бессильная злоба 4. мед. импотентный 5. мед. бесплодный, стерильный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- late 14c., from O.Fr. impotent "powerless," from L. imponentem "lacking control, powerless," from in- "not" + ponentem (nom. potens) "potent." Sexual sense first recorded 15c. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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