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prepuce|ˈpriːpjuːs|
[a. F. prépuce (15th c. in Godef. Compl.):—L. præpūtium.]
The loose fold of integument which covers the glans penis (or the glans clitoridis); the foreskin.
c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xi. 42 In þis temple was Charlemayne, when þe aungell broght him þe prepuce of oure Lord, when he was circumcised. 1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg., etc. K j b, The heade hyght prepuce. c1618Moryson Itin. iv. v. vi. (1903) 495 Then the prepuce or foreskinne was taken out, and putt into a box of salt to be buryed after in the Churchyearde. 1767Gooch Treat. Wounds I. 433, I have divided the Prepuce several times in Phimoses, without any ill accidents supervening. 1878Bell Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 623 The end of the clitoris is generally provided with a gland, and is also covered by a prepuce.
†b. transf. (a) The state of the uncircumcised, uncircumcision. (b) See quot. a 1682. Obs.
c1400Apoll. Loll. 84 Poul seiþ, Noiþer prepuce nor circumcicoun is out, nor out worþ, not but keping of þe biddingis of God. 1582N.T. (Rhem.) Rom. ii. 25 If thou be a prevaricatour of the Law, thy circumcision is become prepuce. a1682Sir T. Browne Tracts (1684) 64 As the vulgar expresseth it to take away the prepuces from such trees. [Vulgate Lev. xix. 23 Auferetis præputia eorum: poma quæ germinant, immunda erunt vobis.] |