uncircumcised

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uncircumcised

/ʌnˈsɜːkəmsaɪzd/ UK
/ʌnˈsɝkəmsaɪzd/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English uncircumcised, equivalent to un- + circumcised. Subsidiary definitions are much influenced by traditions of the Abrahamic religions.

adjective

not comparable Not circumcised, intact. A child who is born to an uncircumcised girl is not allowed to live; as one old woman said, 'only women, not children can have children'
broadly, not comparable Not Jewish or not Muslim; gentile. Under his ſpecial eie / Abſtemious I [Samson] grew up and thriv'd amain; / He led me on to mightieſt deeds / Above the nerve of mortal arm / Againſt the uncircumciſ'd, our enemies.
not comparable Spiritually impure; irreligious. Ye ſtiffenecked ãd of vncircumciſed hertes ãd eares: ye have allwayes reſiſted agaynſte the holy gooſt: as youre fathers did / ſo do ye.
not comparable, obsolete Closed in, so as to work imperfectly. Moises answeride bifore the Lord, Lo! the children of Israel here not me, and hou schal Farao here, moost sithen Y am vncircumcidid in lippis?

Similar: foreskinned, intact, natural, uncirced, un-circed, uncircumcised, unclipped, uncut, unsnipped · Opposite: circumcised

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adjective

Similar: foreskinned, intact, natural, uncirced, un-circed, uncircumcised, unclipped, uncut, unsnipped · Opposite: circumcised

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adj not circumcised

Español	incircunciso
हिन्दी	ख़तनारहित xatnārahit
Français	incirconcis
Deutsch	unbeschnitten
Русский	необре́занный neobrézannyj
العربية	أَغْلَف ʔaḡlaf

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@misc{uncircumcised_2026,
  title = {uncircumcised},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/uncircumcised},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}