nates
Americannoun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of nates
1675–85; < Latin natēs, plural of natis; generally used in the plural; akin to Greek nôton the back
Example Sentences
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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
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
During these two relapses extensive bed-sores formed upon the nates, occasioning more or less irritation and consequent febrile reaction.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Such children may be ultimately attacked by indolent ulcers on the nates and lower extremities, the results of urinous excoriations.'
From The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother by Napheys, George H. (George Henry)
The aitch-bone was formerly the nache-bone, from Old Fr. nache, buttock, Vulgar Lat. *natica for nates.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
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