Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

prepuce en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpɹiːpjuːs/
  • (US) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English prepuce, prepuse, from Old French prepuce (“foreskin”), from Latin praepūtium (“prepuce, foreskin”), a combination of prae- (“fore-”) + Old Latin pūtos (“penis”).

Meanings

  1. The foreskin, or retractable fold of tissue covering the glans penis.
    • But there are a fair number of halfway Jews – you know, those who want God without having to have their prepuces torn off to get him. 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:
    • Jehovah, collector of prepuces, is no more. 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
  2. The clitoral hood.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
præpuce alternative, obsolete lexicographic
prepuces Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

prepuceless · preputial · preputioplasty · megaprepuce · preputiotomy · Holy Prepuce · clitoral prepuce

Relateds

circumcision · akroposthion

Synonyms

clitoral hood · clitoral foreskin · foreskin · penile foreskin · preputium