circumcisedadj.
/ˈsəːkəmsʌɪzd/poetic./ˈsəːkəmsʌɪzɪd/ 1.
a. Having the prepuce cut off; that has undergone circumcision. (Allusively used for ‘Jewish’ or ‘Muslim’.)
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society > faith > sect > Judaism > [adjective]
circumcisa1325
Judaical1532
Judaic1569
circumciseda1616
phylactered1738
Jehovistic1841
Yahudi1959
society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Islam > [adjective]
circumcisa1325
Saracena1400
Mahometical1561
Mahometish1578
Mahometic1585
Mahometized1585
Mussulmanlike1589
turbaned1591
Mahometan1600
Ismaelitish1604
Saracenican1607
Ismaelitical1613
Moorish1613
Saracenical1613
Mahometanical1614
circumciseda1616
Mussulman1616
Mahounda1625
Muslim1626
Mussulmanish1638
Saracenic1638
Mohammedan1681
Sarazantic1726
Islamic1791
Islamitic1791
Islamite1800
Islamitish1801
Mussulmanic1801
Saracenian1818
Islamistic1828
Muslimite1829
Muslimin1844
Islamist1853
Ismaelitic1884
Muslimic1903
society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > circumcision > [adjective] > that has undergone circumcision
circumcisa1325
excoriate1611
circumciseda1616
unforeskinned1671
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. ii. 364 I tooke bi'th throate the circumcised dog. View more context for this quotation
1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 153 Maimonides (one of the most learned and sober Doctors of the circumcised Nation).
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 975 My name perhaps among the Circumcis'd In Dan, in Judah,..may stand defam'd. View more context for this quotation
1802 R. Southey La Caba in Monodramas 68 Moor! turbaned misbeliever! Circumcised traitor!
b. figurative. Spiritually chastened or purified.
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society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > purification > [adjective] > purified
circumcised1828
1828 E. Irving Last Days 360 With an open but circumcised ear, they drink in the melody of nature's various song.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [adjective] > cutting off or away (with an instrument) > cut off or cut with an instrument
forcedc1440
pared1440
clipped1483
well-shaven1542
chipped1562
shared1598
slit1611
snipped1611
circumcised1664
neat-cut1770
whittled1792
sliced1874
skived1875
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 475 Disguised in some uncouth habit with circumcised crowns.
1762 K. Fitzgerald in Philos. Trans. 1761 (Royal Soc.) 52 74 The growth of the circumcised branches.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [adjective]
narroweOE
restraint1445
modifiedc1485
limitate1541
restricteda1550
strait-laced1549
scant1556
circumcised1561
contract1561
restrained1578
determinate1586
limited1590
restrict1597
strict1597
confined1605
determineda1616
limitary1620
prescript1645
modificated1646
circumscribed1647
conscribed1654
limitated1654
reserved1654
coarctated1655
straiteneda1665
unabsolute1694
stinted1710
bounded1711
contracted1711
cramped1741
special1815
municipal1856
fine-cut1894
stingy1927
1561 R. Cheney Let. Cecil 16 Apr. in J. Strype Ann. Reformation I. App. xxiii. 61 My circumcised benefice.
1617 J. Hales Serm. Oxf. 20 By this circumcised, narrow, and penurious forme of studie.
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