fundament
nounUS, UK /ˈfʌn.də.mənt/ · AU /ˈfan.də.mənt/
Etymology From Middle English, from Old French fundement, fondement, from Latin fundāmentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“to lay the bottom, to found”). Doublet of fondamento.
1
Foundation.
2
The bottom; the buttocks or anus.
- It [the Sphincter Ani] serves to purse up the Fundament, and so hinders the involuntary Evacuation of the Fæces.1703, Thomas Gibson, The anatomy of humane bodies epitomized:
- 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 […]1861, Aristotle (pseud.), Aristotle's Works: containing directions for midwives, and counsel and advice to child-bearing women with various useful remedies., page 119
2 more examples
- 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.1864, Alfred Fennings, Fennings' everybody's doctor; or, When ill, how to get well, page 9:
- I flinched when he touched my rosebud, but pretty soon I was fucking his mouth like it was Hector's fundament.2008, Eric Summers, Ride Me Cowboy: Erotic Tales of the West, page 38:
3
The underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system.
- Related terms
- fundamental