prepuce

Etymology

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

noun

  1. (anatomy) The foreskin, or retractable fold of tissue covering the glans penis.
    Jehovah, collector of prepuces, is no more. 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
    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. 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
  2. (anatomy) The clitoral hood.

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