0 past simple and past participle of circumcise
1 to cut the protecting loose skin off a boy's penis, for medical, traditional, or religious reasons
Once circumcised, girls became adult women and were soon married.
Circumcised girl, come, we go home to eat a goat - and no one will bother you.
At the age of 2-3 years, boys are circumcised in elaborate ceremonies.
Portmann's own admission that we willingly participate in life-saving operations and have our children circumcised (in some cultures), gives us reason to doubt his explanation.
When 24 boys with no data about circumcision were excluded, 201 out of 333 boys were circumcised and 72 of them (35.8 %) had a history of collective circumcision.
Circumcised girl, come, we go home.
She had her baby but, after that, she was frogmarched out of the village and circumcised.
Those women already circumcised need care and rehabilitation, and we must therefore put our faith in more knowledgeable midwives, social workers and teachers.
