Middle English Dictionary Entry
prēpūce n.
Entry Info
| Forms | prēpūce n. Also prepuse. |
| Etymology | OF prepuce & L praepūtium. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The prepuce, foreskin; also, the state of being uncircumcised, uncircumcision.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)54/24 : In this temple was Charlemayn whan þat the aungell broughte him the prepuce [F vr. prepuce] of oure lord Ihesu crist.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)322/7 : The holes þe whiche comen in the prepuse [L prepucio] and in þe ȝerde by the whiche þe vryn cometh ofte oute ben euel ysowded.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)84 : And Poul seiþ, 'Noiþer prepuce nor circumcicoun is out, nor out worþ, not but keping of þe biddingis of God.'
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. prepuce.