Fŭn’da-ment, n.

n. [Lat. fundamentum, from fundare, to lay the bottom, to found, from fundus, bottom; O. Fr. fundament, N. Fr. fondement, Pr. fundament, fondamen, fondament, Sp. & Pg. fundamento, It. fondamento.

1Sense 1. Foundation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2Sense 2. The seat; the lower part of the body, on which one sits; the buttocks; also, the orifice of the intestines; the anus. Hume.