uncircumcised

adjective

un·​cir·​cum·​cised ˌən-ˈsər-kəm-ˌsīzd 

1

: not circumcised

2

: spiritually impure : heathen

uncircumcision

ˌən-ˌsər-kəm-ˈsi-zhən 

noun

Examples of uncircumcised in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But many boys and their parents don’t know that being uncircumcised requires extra attention in the hygiene department. — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024

The bodies of uncircumcised men can be violated before burial. — Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2024

Some Jewish scholars thought that uncircumcised men would prove too irresistible for Jewish women, and that men without a foreskin would not be led into constant temptation. — Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021

Caused by defective blood clotting factors, the disease has been with us since at least the second century , when a rabbi gave mothers whose first two sons had bled to death from circumcision wounds permission to leave the third sons uncircumcised. — Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2011

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for uncircumcised

• americanized
• anathematized
• collateralized
• contextualized
• conventionalized
• demilitarized
• demineralized
• departmentalized
• depersonalized
• industrialised
• industrialized
• materialised

Medical Definition

uncircumcised

adjective

un·​cir·​cum·​cised ˌən-ˈsər-kəm-ˌsīzd, ˈən-ˌ 

: not circumcised