nates

[ ney-teez ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. buttocks; rump.

nates

/ ˈneɪtiːz /

plural noun

1. a technical word for the buttocks See buttock

Word History and Origins

Origin of nates¹

1675–85; < Latin natēs, plural of natis; generally used in the plural; akin to Greek nôton the back

Word History and Origins

Origin of nates¹

C17: from Latin; compare Greek nōton back, nosthi buttocks

Example Sentences

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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