uncircumcised

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English uncircumcised, equivalent to un- +‎ circumcised. Subsidiary definitions are much influenced by traditions of the Abrahamic religions. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʌnˈsɜːkəmsaɪzd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ʌnˈsɝkəmsaɪzd/ === Adjective === uncircumcised (not comparable) Not circumcised, intact. (by extension) Not Jewish or not Muslim; gentile. 1939, Katherine Jones translation of Sigmund Freud, Moses and Monotheism, Chapter II: Even to-day the Turk hurls abuse at the Christian by calling him "an uncircumcised dog." Spiritually impure; irreligious. (obsolete) Closed in, so as to work imperfectly. 1382–84, John Wycliffe, Exodus 6:12: 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? 1382–84, John Wycliffe, Jeremiah 6:10: 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. ==== Synonyms ==== (not circumcised): see also Thesaurus:uncircumcised. ==== Translations ==== === References === James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Uncircumcised”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 84, column 3.