nates

American  

[ney-teez] / ˈneɪ tiz /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. buttocks; rump.

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nates British  

/ ˈneɪtiːz /

plural noun

1. a technical word for the buttocks See buttock

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Etymology

Origin of nates

1675–85; < Latin natēs, plural of natis; generally used in the plural; akin to Greek nôton the back

Example Sentences

The redness extended rapidly downward until it covered the foot, and even the toes; but the extension upward was slight, not much above the nates, on which there was situated at the time a bed-sore.

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Any condition that makes it painful to use the upper part of the lower limb and especially the group of large posterior leg muscles just below the nates is called sciatica.

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Ag′nates, in the civil law, relations on the male side, in opposition to cognates, relations on the female side.

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Every one familiar with the child psyche knows that such giggling is based on sexual meaning, because the little ones usually think of the nates.

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His whole account of the matter suggests the existence of a fetichism directed to the nates, impelling him to the most disgusting acts, which he has several times performed.

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