different between uncircumcised vs apellous

English

Etymology

From Middle English uncircumcised, equivalent to un- +? circumcised. Subsidiary definitions are much influenced by traditions of the Abrahamic religions.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?s??k?msa?zd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?s?k?msa?zd/

Adjective

uncircumcised (not comparable)

1. Not circumcised, intact.
   • 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. (by extension) Not Jewish or Muslim; gentile
   • 1939, Katherine Jones translation of Sigmund Freud, Moses and Monotheism, Chapter II:

     Even to-day the Turk hurls abuse at the Christian by calling him "an uncircumcised dog."
3. 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.

   • 1611, King James Version, Ezekiel 44:7:

     In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.

   • 1624, John Donne, "Sermon CXX: Preached at St. Dunstan's upon New Year's Day 1624":

     The Scripture speaks of uncircumcised hearts, and uncircumcised lips, and uncircumcised ears ; and our eyes in looking, and coveting, and our hands in reaching to that which is not ours, are as far uncircumcised as ears, or lips, or hearts : therefore we are to carry this circumcision all over; We must circumcise, says St. Bernard, in came, peccatum, the flesh, the body, the substance of the sin, in cute, operimentum, in the skin, all covers, and palliations, and disguises, and extenuations of the sin; and, in sanguine incentimm, in the blood all fomentations and provocations to that sin: the sin itself, the circumstances of the sin, the relapses to or towards that sin must be circumcised ...
4. (obsolete) Closed in, so as to work imperfectly
   • 1382–84, John Wycliffe, Exodus 6:12:

     Moises answeride bifore the Lord, Lo! the children of Israel here not me, and hou schal Farao here, moost sithen Y am vncircumcidid in lippis?

   • 1382–84, John Wycliffe, Jeremiah 6:10:

     To whom schal Y speke, and to whom schal Y seie witnessing, that he here? Lo! the eeris of hem ben vncircumcidid, and thei moun not here; lo! the word of the Lord is maad to hem in to dispit, and thei schulen not resseiue it.

   • 1537, William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale, Exodus 6:12:

     And Moses spake before the Lorde saynge: beholde, the childern of Israell herken not vnto me, how than shall Pharao heare me: seynge that I haue vncircumcised lippes.

   • 1611, King James Version, Exodus 6:12:

     And Moses spake before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?

   • 1611, King James Version, Jeremiah 6:10:

     To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the Lord is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

Synonyms

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

Translations

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Uncircumcised”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 84, column 3.

English

Adjective

apellous (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Not covered by skin. Said of a circumcised penis, which has had its prepuce (foreskin) removed.