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–noun

1.	the buttocks.

the anus.

3.	a base or basic principle; underlying part; foundation.

[Origin: 1250–1300; < L fundāmentum foundation; r. ME fondement < OF. See found², -ment

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fun·da·ment Audio Help (fŭn'də-mənt) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. The buttocks.
2. The anus.
The natural features of a land surface unaltered by humans.
A foundation, as of a building.
An underlying theoretical basis or principle: "All neighbor states ... must revise ... their policy fundaments" (C.L. Sulzberger).

[Middle English foundement, from Old French fondement, from Latin fundāmentum, from fundāre, to lay the foundation, from fundus, bottom.]

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fundament

1297, "buttocks, anus," from L. fundamentum, from fundare "to found" (see found (1)). So called because it is where one sits.

"Alle þe filþ of his magh ['maw'] salle breste out atte his fondament for drede." ["Cursor Mundi," c.1340]

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fundament
noun
1.	the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: basis]
2.	the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks]
3.	lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn: foundation]

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Fundament

Fun"da*ment\, n. [OE. fundament, fundement, fondement, OF. fundement, fondement, F. fondement, fr. L. fundamentum foundation, fr. fundare to lay the bottom, to found, fr. fundus bottom. See Fund.]

1. Foundation. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

2. The part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks; specifically (Anat.), the anus. --Hume.

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