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nates

[ ney-teez ]

noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. buttocks; rump.


nates

/ ˈԱɪپː /

plural noun

  1. a technical word for the buttocks See buttock
“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 nates1

1675–85; < Latin Բŧ, plural of natis; generally used in the plural; akin to Greek ôٴDz the back
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nates1

C17: from Latin; compare Greek ōٴDz back, nosthi buttocks
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The redness extended rapidly downward until it covered the foot, and even the toes; but the extension upward was slight, not much above the nates, on which there was situated at the time a bed-sore.

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In shape it was like the almond, or the ‘concha’ with the ‘nates.’

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Any condition that makes it painful to use the upper part of the lower limb and especially the group of large posterior leg muscles just below the nates is called sciatica.

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Ag′nates, in the civil law, relations on the male side, in opposition to cognates, relations on the female side.

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Hard drink and duelling are the national p�nates; and Heaven help him who does not adopt the religion of the land!

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