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Webster 1913 Edition
Fundament
Fun′da-ment
,Noun.
[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 1828 Edition
Fundament
FUND'AMENT
,Noun.
1.
The seat; the lower part of the body or of the intestinum rectum.2.
Foundation. [Not in use.]Definition 2024
Fundament
Fundament
See also: fundament
German
Noun
Fundament n (genitive Fundaments or Fundamentes, plural Fundamente)
Declension
Declension of Fundament
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Fundament | die | Fundamente |
genitive | eines | des | Fundamentes, Fundaments |
der | Fundamente |
dative | einem | dem | Fundament, Fundamente1 |
den | Fundamenten |
accusative | ein | das | Fundament | die | Fundamente |
1Now uncommon, see notes
fundament
fundament
See also: Fundament
English
Noun
fundament (plural fundaments)
- Foundation.
- The bottom; the buttocks or anus.
- 1703, Thomas Gibson, The anatomy of humane bodies epitomized:
- It [the Sphincter Ani] serves to purse up the Fundament, and so hinders the involuntary Evacuation of the Fæces.
- 1861, Aristotle (pseud.), Aristotle's Works: containing directions for midwives, and counsel and advice to child-bearing women with various useful remedies., page 119
- ANOTHER defect that new-born infants are liable to is, to have their fundaments closed up; by which they can never evacuate the new excrements engendered by the milk they suck...
- 1864, Alfred Fennings, Fennings' everybody's doctor; or, When ill, how to get well, page 9
- Bathe the parts frequently with cold water, and, if there be much pain at stool, always squirt up the fundament, beforehand, with a syringe, half a teacupful of cold water.
- 2008, Eric Summers , Ride Me Cowboy: Erotic Tales of the West, page 38:
- I flinched when he touched my rosebud, but pretty soon I was **** his mouth like it was Hector's fundament.
- 1703, Thomas Gibson, The anatomy of humane bodies epitomized:
- The underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system.
Related terms
Translations
foundation — see foundation
anus — see anus
underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system
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Dutch
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: fun‧da‧ment
- Rhymes: -ɛnt
Etymology
From Old French fundement, fondement, from Latin fundamentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“I lay the bottom, I found”).
Noun
fundament n (plural fundamenten, diminutive fundamentje n)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin fundamentum
Noun
fundament n (definite singular fundamentet, indefinite plural fundament or fundamenter, definite plural fundamenta or fundamentene)
References
- “fundament” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin fundamentum
Noun
fundament n (definite singular fundamentet, indefinite plural fundament, definite plural fundamenta)
References
- “fundament” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
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fundamenty
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /funˈda.mɛnt/
Noun
fundament m inan
- foundation (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall)