Meaning & use
Fundament
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The basic principle or foundation on which something is built; also a dated or euphemistic word for the buttocks.
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Trust forms the fundament of any lasting partnership.
The old text used 'fundament' delicately to refer to where the patient had been injured.
A note on using this word
Its two very different senses, abstract foundation and a euphemism for the backside, both derive from the same Latin root meaning 'bottom' or 'base.'
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2. noun
A dated, euphemistic term for the buttocks.
He landed squarely on his fundament after slipping on the ice.
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