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| 1. | the buttocks. |
| 2. | the anus. |
| 3. | a base or basic principle; underlying part; foundation. |
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[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]
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| fundament | |
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| 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] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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