fundament
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də noun
1.
the buttocks.
2.
the anus.
3.
a base or basic principle; underlying part; foundation.
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| —n | |
| 1. | euphemistic, facetious or the buttocks |
| 2. | the natural features of the earth's surface, unaltered by man |
| 3. | a base or foundation, esp of a building |
| 4. | a theory, principle, or underlying basis |
| [C13: from Latin fundāmentum foundation, from fundāre to | |
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Fundament
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Word Origin & History
fundament
c.1300, "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 fun·da·ment (fŭn'də-mənt)
n.
See anus.
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Example sentences
There is too much focus on useful hints but with little or no theoretical fundament.
All other announcements are a pain in the fundament.
It wasn't only a matter of embodying a nation, though that was the fundament of the electoral arrangement.
Moreover, there is a logical flaw at the fundament of plaintiffs' argument.
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