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Grammar : Noun
Spell : fuhn-duh-muh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfʌn də mənt



Definition of fundament

Origin :
  • late 13c., "buttocks, anus," from Old French fondement "foundation, bottom; anus" (12c.), from Latin fundamentum "a foundation," from fundare "to found" (see bottom). 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," early 14c.]
  • noun foundation
Example sentences :
  • The other boy then offered to kiss M. O.'s fundament, and did so.
  • Extract from : « Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6) » by Havelock Ellis
  • Yet they are the very basis and fundament of any attempt to better the general health.
  • Extract from : « McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. » by Various
  • A decoction of this bark is a valuable application for falling of the fundament, or womb.
  • Extract from : « The American Reformed Cattle Doctor » by George Dadd
  • (It rises and falls with the inhaling and exhaling breaths up to the pericranium and thence down to the fundament).
  • Extract from : « The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, vol. 3 (of 4) part 2 (of 2) » by Valmiki
  • If anyone did scramble up into a tree, thinking there to be safe, he rent up his perinee, and impaled him in at the fundament.
  • Extract from : « Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. » by Francois Rabelais
  • A strong decoction makes a useful wash for falling of the womb, or fundament.
  • Extract from : « The American Reformed Cattle Doctor » by George Dadd

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