circumcision
/ˌsɜː(ɹ)kəmˈsɪʒən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.21 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The surgical excision of the clitoral hood of the clitoris; female circumcision.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "So ſay I , did the Covenant of circumciſion, in that he that was circumciſed was bound to keep the whole Law Gal 5. 3."
- "I had first to obtain a recommendation from the Assistant Resident to the Regent, and then an order from the Regent to the Waidono; and when after a week's delay I arrived with my baggage and men at Modjo-agong, I found them all in the midst of a five days' feast, to celebrate the circumcision of the Waidono's younger brother and cousin, and had a small room in an outhouse given me to stay in."
- "The ancient Egyptians practiced circumcision by creating a dorsal incision in the foreskin."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circum- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Latin circumcīdō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -siō Latin circumcīsiō Old French circumcisiounbor. Middle English circumcisioun English circumcision From Middle English circumcisioun, from Old French circumcisiun (modern French circoncision) and its etymon Latin circumcīsiō, from circumcīdō (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) + caedō (“cut, hew”). By surface analysis, circumcis(e) + -ion.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: circumcisioun, circumcisiun, circumcīsiō