English

Adjective

uncircumcised ‎(not comparable)

1. Not circumcised.
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 30:

     In my tradition, an uncircumcised male cannot be heir to his father's wealth, cannot marry or officiate in tribal rituals.

2. Spiritually impure; irreligious.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts VII:

     Ye stiffenecked and of uncircumcised hertes and eares: ye have allwayes resisted agaynste the holy goost: as youre fathers did, so do ye.

3. (by extension) Not Jewish or Muslim; gentile

Synonyms

• (not circumcised): see also Wikisaurus:uncircumcised.

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