prepuce
See also: prépuce
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle English prepuce, prepuse, from Old French prepuce (“foreskin”), from Latin praepūtium (“prepuce, foreskin”), a combination of prae- (“fore-”) + Old Latin pūtos (“penis”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editprepuce (plural prepuces)
- (anatomy) The foreskin, or retractable fold of tissue covering the glans penis.
- Synonym: penile foreskin
- 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.
- (anatomy) The clitoral hood.
- Synonyms: clitoral hood, clitoral foreskin
Synonyms
edit- foreskin
- preputium
- See also Thesaurus:foreskin
Derived terms
editTranslations
editforeskin — see foreskin
foreskin of certain animals — see sheath
See also
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editMiddle French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin praeputium.
Noun
editprepuce m (plural prepuces)
Descendants
edit- French: prépuce
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