prepuce
See also: prépuce
English
Alternative forms
- præpuce (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French prepuce (“foreskin”), from Old French, from Latin praepūtium (“prepuce, foreskin”), a combination of prae- ("before") + Old Latin pūtos ("penis").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɹiːpjuːs/
Noun
prepuce (plural prepuces)
- (anatomy) The foreskin, or retractable fold of tissue covering the glans penis.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
- Jehovah, collector of prepuces, is no more.
- 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:
- But there are a fair number of halfway Jews – you know, those who want God without having to have their prepuces torn off to get him.
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- (anatomy) The clitoral hood
Synonyms
- foreskin
- preputium
- akroposthion
- (part of the clitoris): clitoral hood
- See also Thesaurus:foreskin
Derived terms
- Holy Prepuce (Holy Foreskin)
- preputiotomy
Translations
foreskin — see foreskin
foreskin of certain animals — see sheath
See also
Further reading
Anagrams
Middle French
Noun
prepuce m (plural prepuces)
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