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fundament foundation; buttocks, anus. XIII. ME. funde-, fondement, later fund-, fondment — (O)F. fondement :- L. fundāmentum, f. fundāre FOUND1 (see -MENT); latinized forms (fonda-) appear XIV.
So fundamental XV. — F. or late L., whence fundamentalism, fundamentalist XX.

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