impotentadj.n.

/ˈɪmpətənt/

Forms: Also Middle English in-.

Etymology: < French impotent (14th cent.) = Italian impotente , Spanish impotente , < Latin impotent-em powerless; usually, lacking self-restraint, < im- (im- prefix²) + potens , potent- potent adj.¹

A. adj.

1. Having no power or ability to accomplish anything; powerless, helpless; ineffective.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > powerless or helpless

mightlessOE

powerlessc1425

impotent1444

mean1525

unpuissant1568

moyenless1599

aidless1608

impuissant1629

paralytic1642

adynamous1656

impotentiala1657

enervous1677

numb1802

fucked1949

dickless1957

1444 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 219 I sauh a krevys, with his klawes longe, Pursewe a snayl, poore and impotent.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Neh. iv. 2 Saneballat..saide..What do the impotent Iewes?

1568 Queen Elizabeth I Instr. to Commissioners in S. Alford Early Elizabethan Polity (1998) App. vi. 239 (modernized text) Whan any of the parsons of the said Counsell shall depart or become impotent to serve.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 433 Yet Wealth without these three is impotent, To gain dominion or to keep it gain'd.

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) II. xliii. 610 The works of man are impotent against the assaults of nature.

1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. ii. 25 The impotent monarch who occupied the French throne.

1896 Duke of Argyll Philos. Belief 39 The finest microscopes..are impotent to detect the molecular and atomic constitution of any form of matter.

a. Physically weak; without bodily strength; unable to use one's limbs; helpless, decrepit.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak

unmightyeOE

unferea1060

unwieldc1220

fade1303

lewc1325

weak1340

fainta1375

sicklyc1374

unwieldyc1386

impotent1390

delicatea1398

lowa1398

unmighta1450

unlustyc1450

low-brought1459

wearyc1480

failed1490

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caduke?1518

fainty1530

weak1535

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fluey1545

tewly?1547

faltering1549

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imbecilec1550

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flash1562

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bedrid1629

washya1631

silly1636

fluea1645

tender1645

invaletudinary1661

languishant1674

valetudinaire?c1682

puly1688

thriftless1693

unheartya1699

wishy-washy1703

enervate1706

valetudinarian1713

lask1727

wersh1755

palliea1774

wankle1781

asthenic1789

atonic1792

squeal1794

adynamic1803

worn-down1814

totterish1817

asthenical1819

prostrate1820

used up1823

wankya1825

creaky1834

groggy1834

puny1838

imbeciled1840

rickety-rackety1840

muscleless1841

weedy1849

tottery1861

crocky1880

wimbly-wambly1881

ramshackle1889

twitterly1896

twittery1907

wonky1919

strung out1959

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 383 And also for my daies olde That I am feble and impotent.

c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees 482 He was feble and Oold, And inpotent.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 2 He ys by syknes or age impotent & not of powar to helpe hym selfe.

1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 122 Those onelie who are impotent in their limes.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 27. ⁋2 The Fellow with broken Limbs justly deserves your Alms for his impotent Condition.

1853 C. Brontë Villette I. iv. 63 A rheumatic cripple, impotent, foot and hand.

figurative.a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 164 O most lame and impotent conclusion. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. (1872) 20 But he stops short in a most lame and impotent way.

b. Wholly lacking in sexual power; incapable of reproduction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > reproductive organ disorders > [adjective] > of male > impotence

geld?c1335

cunt-beatenc1440

fumbling1576

impotent1615

frigid1660

anandrious1879

cockless1902

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 7 Here it is a common practise to bewitch them: made thereby impotent with their wives, untill the charme be burnt.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 148 Eight or ten lustfull women, by the law subiected to one (and he perhaps an impotent man).

1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe Ep. Ded. The Impotent Lover in Petronius.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species viii. 265 Whole groups of animals and plants are rendered impotent by the same unnatural conditions.

†3. Not master of oneself; unable to restrain oneself; unrestrained, headlong, passionate. Also with of. Obsolete. [So Latin impotens.]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [adjective] > affected by violent emotion

woodc900

reighOE

mada1350

furiousc1374

raginga1425

savagea1450

rageous1486

frenetic?c1550

frantic1561

frenetical1588

impotent1596

transported1600

violent1601

turbulent1609

dementing1729

enfrenzied1823

wild1868

haywire1934

wigged-out1977

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xii. sig. Y3 O sacred hunger of ambitious mindes, And impotent desire of men to raine.

1639 P. Massinger Unnaturall Combat iii. ii. sig. F2 An impotent lover Of women for a flash, but his fires quench'd, Hating as deadly.

1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. v. i. 64 Rash men, like you, and impotent of will, Give chance no time to turn; but urge her still.

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 33 But Juno, impotent of Passion, broke Her sullen Silence.

B. n.

An impotent person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > weak person

dwininga1400

molla1425

impotenta1513

gristlea1556

weakling1576

puler1579

puling1579

shadow1588

shotten herring1598

doddle1681

sickrel1699

seven-months1724

wandought1726

wallydraigle1736

wreck1795

werewolf1808

windlestraw1818

weed1825

shammock1828

sickling1834

forcible feeble1844

dwindle1847

weedling1849

crock1876

feebling1887

asthenic1893

dodderer1907

pencil-neck1956

burnt-out case1959

weakie1959

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xx. sig. g.vii^v And brought to the shryne, this wretched impotent.

1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. F3 Whom should they follow, aged impotent, But he that is their true borne soueraigne?

1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 4 The maintenance..of impotents of all sorts.

1685 W. Petty Will p. xi As for impotents by the hand of God, the publick ought to maintain them.

1833 S. T. Coleridge Lett. (1895) 768 A similar institution might exist for a higher class of will-maniacs or impotents.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	impotent
释义	impotentadj.n. /ˈɪmpətənt/ Forms: Also Middle English in-. Etymology: < French impotent (14th cent.) = Italian impotente , Spanish impotente , < Latin impotent-em powerless; usually, lacking self-restraint, < im- (im- prefix²) + potens , potent- potent adj.¹ A. adj. 1. Having no power or ability to accomplish anything; powerless, helpless; ineffective. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > powerless or helpless mightlessOE powerlessc1425 impotent1444 mean1525 unpuissant1568 moyenless1599 aidless1608 impuissant1629 paralytic1642 adynamous1656 impotentiala1657 enervous1677 numb1802 fucked1949 dickless1957 1444 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 219 I sauh a krevys, with his klawes longe, Pursewe a snayl, poore and impotent. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Neh. iv. 2 Saneballat..saide..What do the impotent Iewes? 1568 Queen Elizabeth I Instr. to Commissioners in S. Alford Early Elizabethan Polity (1998) App. vi. 239 (modernized text) Whan any of the parsons of the said Counsell shall depart or become impotent to serve. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 433 Yet Wealth without these three is impotent, To gain dominion or to keep it gain'd. View more context for this quotation 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) II. xliii. 610 The works of man are impotent against the assaults of nature. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. ii. 25 The impotent monarch who occupied the French throne. 1896 Duke of Argyll Philos. Belief 39 The finest microscopes..are impotent to detect the molecular and atomic constitution of any form of matter. 2. a. Physically weak; without bodily strength; unable to use one's limbs; helpless, decrepit. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak unmightyeOE unferea1060 unwieldc1220 fade1303 lewc1325 weak1340 fainta1375 sicklyc1374 unwieldyc1386 impotent1390 delicatea1398 lowa1398 unmighta1450 unlustyc1450 low-brought1459 wearyc1480 failed1490 worn1508 caduke?1518 fainty1530 weak1535 debile1536 fluey1545 tewly?1547 faltering1549 puling1549 imbecilec1550 debilitate1552 flash1562 unable1577 unhealthful1595 unabled1597 whindling1601 infirm1608 debilitated1611 bedrid1629 washya1631 silly1636 fluea1645 tender1645 invaletudinary1661 languishant1674 valetudinaire?c1682 puly1688 thriftless1693 unheartya1699 wishy-washy1703 enervate1706 valetudinarian1713 lask1727 wersh1755 palliea1774 wankle1781 asthenic1789 atonic1792 squeal1794 adynamic1803 worn-down1814 totterish1817 asthenical1819 prostrate1820 used up1823 wankya1825 creaky1834 groggy1834 puny1838 imbeciled1840 rickety-rackety1840 muscleless1841 weedy1849 tottery1861 crocky1880 wimbly-wambly1881 ramshackle1889 twitterly1896 twittery1907 wonky1919 strung out1959 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 383 And also for my daies olde That I am feble and impotent. c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees 482 He was feble and Oold, And inpotent. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 2 He ys by syknes or age impotent & not of powar to helpe hym selfe. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 122 Those onelie who are impotent in their limes. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 27. ⁋2 The Fellow with broken Limbs justly deserves your Alms for his impotent Condition. 1853 C. Brontë Villette I. iv. 63 A rheumatic cripple, impotent, foot and hand. figurative.a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 164 O most lame and impotent conclusion. View more context for this quotation1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. (1872) 20 But he stops short in a most lame and impotent way. b. Wholly lacking in sexual power; incapable of reproduction. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > reproductive organ disorders > [adjective] > of male > impotence geld?c1335 cunt-beatenc1440 fumbling1576 impotent1615 frigid1660 anandrious1879 cockless1902 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 7 Here it is a common practise to bewitch them: made thereby impotent with their wives, untill the charme be burnt. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 148 Eight or ten lustfull women, by the law subiected to one (and he perhaps an impotent man). 1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe Ep. Ded. The Impotent Lover in Petronius. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species viii. 265 Whole groups of animals and plants are rendered impotent by the same unnatural conditions. †3. Not master of oneself; unable to restrain oneself; unrestrained, headlong, passionate. Also with of. Obsolete. [So Latin impotens.] ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [adjective] > affected by violent emotion woodc900 reighOE mada1350 furiousc1374 raginga1425 savagea1450 rageous1486 frenetic?c1550 frantic1561 frenetical1588 impotent1596 transported1600 violent1601 turbulent1609 dementing1729 enfrenzied1823 wild1868 haywire1934 wigged-out1977 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xii. sig. Y3 O sacred hunger of ambitious mindes, And impotent desire of men to raine. View more context for this quotation 1639 P. Massinger Unnaturall Combat iii. ii. sig. F2 An impotent lover Of women for a flash, but his fires quench'd, Hating as deadly. 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. v. i. 64 Rash men, like you, and impotent of will, Give chance no time to turn; but urge her still. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 33 But Juno, impotent of Passion, broke Her sullen Silence. B. n. An impotent person. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > weak person dwininga1400 molla1425 impotenta1513 gristlea1556 weakling1576 puler1579 puling1579 shadow1588 shotten herring1598 doddle1681 sickrel1699 seven-months1724 wandought1726 wallydraigle1736 wreck1795 werewolf1808 windlestraw1818 weed1825 shammock1828 sickling1834 forcible feeble1844 dwindle1847 weedling1849 crock1876 feebling1887 asthenic1893 dodderer1907 pencil-neck1956 burnt-out case1959 weakie1959 a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xx. sig. g.vii^v And brought to the shryne, this wretched impotent. 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. F3 Whom should they follow, aged impotent, But he that is their true borne soueraigne? View more context for this quotation 1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 4 The maintenance..of impotents of all sorts. 1685 W. Petty Will p. xi As for impotents by the hand of God, the publick ought to maintain them. 1833 S. T. Coleridge Lett. 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