subvirate (subvirat)

[L. sub, under, + viratus, manly, Even these poor New England Brahmins of ours, sub virates of an organizable base as they often are, count as full men if their courage is big enough for the uniform which hangs so loosely about their slender figures, O. W. Holmes, Old Vol. of Life, p. 9. sub virile (sub-vir'il), a. Deficient in virility. Roger North , Examen, III. vii. § 62. subvitreous (sub-vit'rē-us), a. More or le imperfectly vitreous; vitreous in part. sub voce (sub võ'sē). [L.: sub, under; voce, abl. of voz, voice, a word: see voice.] Under a word specified: a common dictionary reference. Ab breviated s. v.