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circumcise

English

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Etymology

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From Old French circoncisier, from Latin circumcīdō (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) + caedō (“cut, hew”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsəːkəmsʌɪz/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: cir‧cum‧cise

Verb

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circumcise (third-person singular simple present circumcises, present participle circumcising, simple past and past participle circumcised)

  1. To surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis of.
  2. (sometimes proscribed) To surgically remove the clitoris (clitoridectomy), clitoral hood, or labia.
  3. (military, nautical, slang) To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Form of circumcīsus.

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Participle

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circumcīse

  1. vocative masculine singular of circumcīsus

Etymology 2

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From circumcīsus (“cut, reduced”) +‎ -ē (“-ly”).

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Adverb

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circumcīsē (comparative circumcīsius, superlative circumcīsissimē)

  1. concisely, briefly

References

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  • “circumcise”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • circumcise in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈt͡ʃi.se/
  • Rhymes: -ise
  • Hyphenation: cir‧cum‧ci‧se

Adjective

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circumcise f pl or n pl

  1. feminine/neuter plural of circumcis (“circumcised”)

Verb

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circumcise

  1. third-person singular simple perfect indicative of circumcide (“circumcise”)
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