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

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Nathaniel Hawthorne