prepuce

• præpuce (obsolete)

From Middle English prepuce, prepuse, from Old French prepuce (“foreskin”), from Latin praepūtium (“prepuce, foreskin”), a combination of prae- (“fore-”) + Old Latin pūtos (“penis”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹiːpjuːs/

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prepuce (plural prepuces)

1. (anatomy) The foreskin, or retractable fold of tissue covering the glans penis.

   Synonym: penile foreskin

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:

     Jehovah, collector of prepuces, is no more.

   • 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:

     But there are a fair number of halfway Jews – you know, those who want God without having to have their prepuces torn off to get him.

2. (anatomy) The clitoral hood.

   Synonyms: clitoral hood, clitoral foreskin

• foreskin
• preputium
• See also Thesaurus:foreskin

• clitoral prepuce
• Holy Prepuce (Holy Foreskin)
• prepuceless
• preputial
• preputioplasty
• preputiotomy

• akroposthion
• circumcision

• Prepuce on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Foreskin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Clitoral hood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• upcreep, creep up

Borrowed from Latin praeputium.

prepuce m (plural prepuces)

1. foreskin

• French: prépuce