单词 | subincise |
释义 | subincisev. transitive. To perform subincision (subincision n. 2) upon. Occasionally also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > involving incision > [verb (transitive)] subincise1896 1896 Trans. Royal Soc. S. Austral. 16 284 All men are circumcised and subincised. 1907 Glasgow Med. Jrnl. 67 359 From thence along the coast to the border town of Eucla the coastal natives circumcise and subincise. 1966 Oceania 37 41 They perform more rituals during the next two days and subincise more of the youths. 1992 J. M. Ross Male Paradox xiii. 264 In those cases where the boy's penis is subincised, Bettelheim argues, the male role in procreation is not yet understood. 2007 Evol. & Human Behavior 28 238/1 Eastern Toraja: In this society, boys are subincised (a cut along the bottom of the penis) yearly beginning at 6 years old and ending at 15. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1896 |
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