uncircumcised

adj
/ʌnˈsɜːkəmsaɪzd/UK/ʌnˈsɝkəmsaɪzd/US

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from uncircumcised

Definitions

  1. 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'
    • In my tradition, an uncircumcised male cannot be heir to his father's wealth, cannot marry or officiate in tribal rituals.
    • Importantly, the NHSLS demonstrated no differences between uncircumcised and circumcised men in the risk of ever having had gonorrhea, syphilis, urethral infection with microorganisms other than gonorrhea, or genital herpes.
  2. Not Jewish or not Muslim

    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.
    • Even to-day the Turk hurls abuse at the Christian by calling him "an uncircumcised dog."
    • This passage says that all goyim are uncircumcised and all the House of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart. Being uncircumcised means being non-Jewish and hostile.
  3. Spiritually impure

    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.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. 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?
      • To whom schal Y speke, and to whom schal Y seie witnessing, that he here? Lo! the eeris of hem ben vncircumcidid, and thei moun not here; lo! the word of the Lord is maad to hem in to dispit, and thei schulen not resseiue it.
      • And Moſes ſpake before the Lorde ſaynge: beholde, the childern of Iſraell herken not vnto me, how than ſhall Pharao heare me: ſeynge that I haue vncircumciſed lippes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at uncircumcised. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01uncircumcised02impure03pollute04harmful05injurious06harm07detriment08damage09intact

A definitional loop anchored at uncircumcised. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at uncircumcised

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA