prepuce

See also: prépuce

English

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Etymology

From Middle English prepuce, prepuse, from Old French prepuce (“foreskin”), from Latin praepūtium (“prepuce, foreskin”), a combination of prae- (“fore-”) + Old Latin pūtos (“penis”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɹiːpjuːs/

Noun

prepuce (plural prepuces)

  1. (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.
  2. (anatomy) The clitoral hood

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Translations
foreskin — see foreskin
foreskin of certain animals — see sheath

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Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeputium.

Noun

prepuce m (plural prepuces)

  1. foreskin

Descendants
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