All 3 Uses of
impotent
in
Things Fall Apart
- Living fire begets cold, impotent ash.
p. 153.9impotent = lacking power to change things
- Three converts had gone into the village and boasted openly that all the gods were dead and impotent and that they were prepared to defy them by burning all their shrines.
p. 154.8 *impotent = powerless
- When he speaks he moves our men to impotence.
p. 200.7impotence = weakness
Definitions:
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(1)
(impotent as in: impotent fury) lacking power or ability
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(2)
(impotent as in: impotent, so no children) of a male: unable to have an erection for sexual intercourse, or unable to conceive a child