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fundament

[ fuhn-duh-muhnt ]

noun

  1. the buttocks.
  2. the anus.
  3. a base or basic principle; underlying part; foundation.


fundament

/ ˈʌԻəəԳ /

noun

  1. euphemistic.
    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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of fundament1

1250–1300; < Latin ڳܲԻ峾Գٳܳ foundation; replacing Middle English fondement < Old French. See found 1, -ment
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of fundament1

C13: from Latin ڳܲԻ峾Գٳܳ foundation, from ڳܲԻ to found ²
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But in the spring and autumn, it changes much more quickly, giving these seasons a more ephemeral feel that isn’t just in your head but rooted in our world’s deepest fundaments.

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Banks is at her least evasive in the introduction, where she argues that sociality is baked into the fundaments of life: “We may die alone but we were never born alone.”

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He said, “This is just another example of the BBC disappearing up its own fundament.”

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EU commissioner Vera Jourova had threatened Twitter with sanctions under Europe's new Digital Services Act which she said requires "the respect of media freedom and fundament rights".

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This bygone Manhattan that Tom Wolfe could only satirize in “The Bonfire of the Vanities” is the fundament to any understanding of what makes Trump tick.

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