Meanings
adjectivepreputial (not comparable)
alternative obsolete præputial
- not comparableanatomyOf or pertaining to the prepuce.
If removing the preputial tissue curbs sexuality of both sexes and if, on the basis of curbing female sexuality, the removal of the female prepuce is misogynistic, then the removal of the male foreskin should be viewed as misandristic.
2006, David Benatar, Cutting to the Core, page 36
Origin
- Englishpreput(ium)
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishpreputial
From preput(ium) + -ial.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 包皮的
- 包皮的 (bāopí de)preputial
Czech prepuciální
- prepuciálnípreputial
Esperanto prepucia
- prepuciapreputial
Finnish esinahka-
- esinahka-preputial
French préputial
- préputialpreputial
German präputial
- präputialpreputial
Portuguese prepucial
- prepucialpreputial
Romanian prepuțial
- prepuțialpreputial
Russian препуциа́льный
- препуциа́льный (prepuciálʹnyj)preputial
Spanish prepucial
- prepucialpreputial
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APA
preputial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preputial
MLA
“preputial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preputial. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preputial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preputial.
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