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circumcised, ppl. a.
(ˈsɜːkəmsaɪzd, poet. -saɪzɪd)
[f. circumcise v. + -ed1.]
1. Having the prepuce cut off; that has undergone circumcision. (Allusively used for ‘Jewish’ or ‘Muslim’.)
1604Shakes. Oth. v. ii. 355, I tooke by th' throat the circumcised Dogge. 1663J. Spencer Prodigies (1665) 153 Maimonides (one of the most learned and sober Doctors of the circumcised Nation). 1671Milton Samson 975 My name, perhaps, among the Circumcised In Dan, in Judah,..may stand defamed. 1802Southey Monodramas, La Caba 68 Moor! turbaned misbeliever! Circumcised traitor!
b. fig. Spiritually chastened or purified.
1828E. Irving Last Days 360 With an open but circumcised ear, they drink in the melody of nature's various song.
†2. Cut or shorn round. Obs.
1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 475 Disguised in some uncouth habit with circumcised crowns. 1761Fitzgerald in Phil. Trans. LII. 74 The growth of the circumcised branches.
†3. Cut short, curtailed, circumscribed. Obs.
1561R. Cheney Let. Cecil 16 Apr. in Strype Ann. Ref. I. App. xxiii. 61 My circumcised benefice. 1617Hales Serm. By this circumcised, narrow, and penurious forme of studie. |