Associations to the word «Circumcise»

Wiktionary

CIRCUMCISE, verb. To amputate the prepuce from a penis.
CIRCUMCISE, verb. To amputate the clitoris, prepuce, or labia.

Dictionary definition

CIRCUMCISE, verb. Cut the skin over the clitoris.
CIRCUMCISE, verb. Cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys; "During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats