circumcise

From Old French circoncisier, from Latin circumcīdō (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) + caedō (“cut, hew”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsəːkəmsʌɪz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɚkəmˌsaɪz/

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• Hyphenation: cir‧cum‧cise

circumcise (third-person singular simple present circumcises, present participle circumcising, simple past and past participle circumcised)

1. To surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis of.
2. (sometimes proscribed) To surgically remove the clitoris (clitoridectomy), clitoral hood, or labia.
3. (military, nautical, slang) To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.

• circ (informal), snip (informal)
• cut (informal)
• posthectomize (rare, medical)

• circumcision

Form of circumcīsus.

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circumcīse

1. vocative masculine singular of circumcīsus

From circumcīsus (“cut, reduced”) +‎ -ē (“-ly”).

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circumcīsē (comparative circumcīsius, superlative circumcīsissimē)

1. concisely, briefly

• “circumcise”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• circumcise in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃir.kumˈt͡ʃi.se/
• Rhymes: -ise
• Hyphenation: cir‧cum‧ci‧se

circumcise f pl or n pl

1. feminine/neuter plural of circumcis (“circumcised”)

circumcise

1. third-person singular simple perfect indicative of circumcide (“circumcise”)