CIRCUMCISE

circumcise

(verb) cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys; “During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised”

circumcise

(verb) cut the skin over the clitoris

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

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 (male).

(sometimes proscribed) To surgically remove the clitoris (clitoridectomy), clitoral hood, or labia (female).

Synonyms

• circ (informal), snip (informal)

• cut (informal)

Source: Wiktionary

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Cir"cum*cise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumcised; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumcising.] Etym: [L. circumcisus, p. p. of circumcidere to cut around, to circumcise; circum + caedere to cut; akin to E. cæsura, homicide, concise, and prob. to shed, v. t.]

1. To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females.

2. (Script.)

Definition: To purify spiritually.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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