foreskin.
The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the glans of the penis in humans and some other mammals.
Meaning & usage
The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the glans of the penis in humans and some other mammals.
In the female genitalia, the clitoral hood is homologous to the foreskin.
Ellipsis of clitoral foreskin.
Where this word comes from
From fore- + skin, a loose calque of Latin praepūtium. Compare German Vorhaut, etc. First attested in c. 1535.
To remove the foreskin.
To sexually stimulate by manipulating the foreskin.
Where this word comes from
From fore- + skin, a loose calque of Latin praepūtium. Compare German Vorhaut, etc. First attested in c. 1535.
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