fundament

Definition

Foundation.

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French fundement, fondement, from Latin fundāmentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“I lay the bottom, I found”). Doublet of fondamento.

Example Sentences

• "It [the Sphincter Ani] serves to purse up the Fundament, and so hinders the involuntary Evacuation of the Fæces."
• "ANOTHER defect that new-born infants are liable to is, to have their fundaments closed up; by which they can never evacuate the new excrements engendered by the milk they suck […]"
• "Bathe the parts frequently with cold water, and, if there be much pain at stool, always squirt up the fundament, beforehand, with a syringe, half a teacupful of cold water."

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