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Viripotent

Possessing strength; (of a woman) physically fit for marriage. Latin vir, man, vires, strength + potentem, able. Hence, viripotence, viripotency, (accent on the rip) marriageability. Sir Edward Peyton in THE DIVINE CATASTROPHE OF THE KINGLY FAMILY OF THE HOUSE OF STUARTS (1652) noted that Mary Stuart, when she attained to viripotency, was sought for a consort to the Dauphin of France.
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