Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fundament"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fundament \Fun"da*ment\, n. [OE. fundament, fundement,
fondement, OF. fundement, fondement, F. fondement, fr. L.
fundamentum foundation, fr. fundare to lay the bottom, to
found, fr. fundus bottom. See {Fund}.]
1. Foundation. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. The part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks;
specifically (Anat.), the anus. --Hume.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fundament
n 1: the fundamental assumptions underlying an explanation; "the
whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: {basis},
{base}, {foundation}, {groundwork}, {cornerstone}]
2: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on [syn: {buttocks},
{nates}, {arse}, {butt}, {backside}, {bum}, {buns}, {can},
{hindquarters}, {hind end}, {keister}, {posterior}, {prat},
{rear}, {rear end}, {rump}, {stern}, {seat}, {tail}, {tail
end}, {tooshie}, {tush}, {bottom}, {behind}, {derriere}, {fanny},
{ass}]
3: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of
solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn: {foundation},
{base}, {foot}, {groundwork}, {substructure}, {understructure}]
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