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

One reason�perhaps the main reason�why Samaras has been such an upsetting presence in New York is that his privacy alter nates with moments of obsessive, and for some people embarrassing self-display.

From Time Magazine Archive

Orson Welles is both director and star of this amalgam of scenes from five of Shakespeare's history plays in which the Bard's "bombard" of a buffoon domi nates the stage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ou sont ces chambres tant fournies De Sarges, de Tapiceries140 Batus d'or, ou luyt mainte pierre, Et nates mises sur la terre, Affin que le froit ne mefface?

From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.

Bustorf speaks of a case in which the nates and lower extremities of one body proceeded out of the abdomen of the other, which was otherwise perfect.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

My bad Latin you properly correct; but natales for nates was an inadvertency: I knew better.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)