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præputial

præputial is the obsolete form of preputial.

Meaning of preputial

Adjective

preputial (not comparable)

  1. Of 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

Questions about præputial

What is præputial the obsolete form of?
Præputial is the obsolete form of preputial.

Words near præputial in the dictionary

  1. præpostors
  2. præprandial
  3. præprandials
  4. præpuce
  5. præpuces
  6. præputial
  7. præputium
  8. prærogative
  9. prærogatives
  10. præs.
  11. præsage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: præputial (page history and authors); preputial (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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