fundament
/ˈfʌn.də.mənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.90 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
The bottom; the buttocks or anus.
noun
The underlying basis or principle for a theoretical or mathematical system.
Example Sentences
- "It [the Sphincter Ani] serves to purse up the Fundament, and so hinders the involuntary Evacuation of the Fæces."
- "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 […]"
- "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."
- "I flinched when he touched my rosebud, but pretty soon I was fucking his mouth like it was Hector's fundament."
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French fundement, fondement, from Latin fundāmentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“to lay the bottom, to found”). Doublet of fondamento.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, fundement, fundāmentum
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfʌn.də.mənt/
- British English: /ˈfʌn.də.mənt/