circumcised

transitive verb circumcised, circumcising

1. 1. to cut off all or part of the foreskin of (a male)
   2. to cut off the labia minora or clitoris of (a female)
2. Archaic to cleanse from sin; purify

Origin: ME circumcisen < OFr circonciser < L circumcisus, pp. of circumcidere, to cut around, in LL(Ec), to circumcise < circum, around + caedere, to cut: see -cide