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foreskin | foreskinned |

As a noun foreskin

is the retractable fold of skin encompassing the most nerve-dense tissue in the human male, which naturally covers and protects the head of the penis.

As an adjective foreskinned is

having a foreskin; not circumcised.

foreskin

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The retractable fold of skin encompassing the most nerve-dense tissue in the human male, which naturally covers and protects the head of the penis.
    • And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.   — Genesis 17:14, the Christian Bible.
    In primates, the foreskin is present in the genitalia of both sexes and likely has been present for millions of years of evolution.
    "The foreskin has two main functions. Firstly it exists to protect the glans penis. Secondly the foreskin is a primary sensory part of the penis, containing some of the most sensitive areas of the penis." - The Royal Australasian College of Physicians
    The female clitoral hood is homologous with the foreskin .

    Synonyms

    * prepuce * See also

    See also

    * circumcise, circumcision

    External links

    * ("foreskin" on Wikipedia)

    References

    foreskinned

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having a foreskin; not circumcised.
  • * 1927 , Clement Wood, The Outline of Man's Knowledge: The Story of History, Science, Literature, Art, Religion, Philosophy , Lewis Copeland Company (1927), page 285:
    • Jews, in spite of centuries of circumcision, are born foreskinned like the men of other races.
  • * 1973 , B. Braun, letter to the editor, Playgirl , Volume 3, Issue 1, page 41:
    • To the European eye, an uncircumcised man is natural and beautiful, so now that your magazine is widely read in Europe make your sisters on the other side of the Atlantic a little happier and feature more foreskinned men.
  • * 2001 , Peter A. Lillback, The Binding of God: Calvin's Role in the Development of Covenant Theology , Baker Academic (2001), ISBN 9780801022630, page 119:
    • Referring to this method, therefore, God consecrates this covenant by blood, and with plain words He adds an explanation, 'And the foreskinned male, the flesh of whose foreskin has not been circumcised, that soul will be blotted out from his people.'
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    • Synonyms

    *See also .

    Antonyms

    * unforeskinned