uncircumcised

adjective

un·​cir·​cum·​cised ˌən-ˈsər-kəm-ˌsīzd How to pronounce uncircumcised (audio)
1
: not circumcised
2
: spiritually impure : heathen
uncircumcision noun

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But many boys and their parents don’t know that being uncircumcised requires extra attention in the hygiene department. Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024 The bodies of uncircumcised men can be violated before burial. Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2024 That said, following proper care and hygiene practices for uncircumcised penises can mitigate these risks. Jenni Singer, Parents, 19 July 2023 Do people prefer uncircumcised penises? Meagan Drillinger, Men's Health, 31 Jan. 2023 His work hypothesized that London’s circumcised Jewish population was less vulnerable to venereal disease than their uncircumcised neighbors. Tim Brinkhof, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2022 Caused by defective blood clotting factors, the disease has been with us since at least the second century , when a rabbi gave mothers whose first two sons had bled to death from circumcision wounds permission to leave the third sons uncircumcised. Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2011 Some Jewish scholars thought that uncircumcised men would prove too irresistible for Jewish women, and that men without a foreskin would not be led into constant temptation. Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021 One of my male patients was mocked for being uncircumcised. Ian Kerner, CNN, 19 July 2021

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of uncircumcised was in the 14th century

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“Uncircumcised.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncircumcised. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.

Medical Definition

uncircumcised

adjective
un·​cir·​cum·​cised ˌən-ˈsər-kəm-ˌsīzd, ˈən-ˌ How to pronounce uncircumcised (audio)
: not circumcised

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