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fundament

[ fuhn-duh-muhnt ]

noun

  1. the buttocks.
  2. the anus.
  3. a base or basic principle; underlying part; foundation.


fundament

/ ˈfʌndəmənt /

noun

  1. euphemistic.
    the buttocks
  2. the natural features of the earth's surface, unaltered by man
  3. a base or foundation, esp of a building
  4. a theory, principle, or underlying basis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fundament1

1250–1300; < Latin fundāmentum foundation; replacing Middle English fondement < Old French. See found 1, -ment
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fundament1

C13: from Latin fundāmentum foundation, from fundāre to found ²
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Example Sentences

"Better that your hand should leave the plowhandle from time to time to warm his lazy fundament," the Sarki said.

A strong decoction makes a useful wash for falling of the womb, or fundament.

If anyone did scramble up into a tree, thinking there to be safe, he rent up his perinee, and impaled him in at the fundament.

(It rises and falls with the inhaling and exhaling breaths up to the pericranium and thence down to the fundament).

Yet they are the very basis and fundament of any attempt to better the general health.

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