circumcise
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French circoncisier, from Latin circumcīdō (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) + caedō (“cut, hew”).
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circumcise (third-person singular simple present circumcises, present participle circumcising, simple past and past participle circumcised)
- To surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from a penis.
- (sometimes proscribed) To surgically remove the clitoris (clitoridectomy), clitoral hood, or labia.
- (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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to remove the foreskin from the penis
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Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
Form of circumcīsus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kir.kunˈkiː.se/, [kɪrkʊŋˈkiːs̠ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kunˈt͡ʃi.se/, [t͡ʃirkun̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːs̬e]
Participle edit
circumcīse
Etymology 2 edit
From circumcīsus (“cut, reduced”) + -ē (“-ly”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kir.kunˈkiː.seː/, [kɪrkʊŋˈkiːs̠eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kunˈt͡ʃi.se/, [t͡ʃirkun̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːs̬e]
Adverb edit
circumcīsē (comparative circumcīsius, superlative circumcīsissimē)
References edit
- “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.
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circumcise f pl or n pl
Verb edit
circumcise
- third-person singular simple perfect indicative of circumcide (“circumcise”)