nates

[ ney-teez ]

/ ˈneɪ tiz /

buttocks; rump.

Origin of nates

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

From this point of view the nates are a symbol of contempt, and any sexual significance is excluded.

Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 (of 6) |Havelock Ellis
Who has not seen blows on the back and nates, by way of punishment, attended with such consequences?

Apis Mellifica |C. W. Wolf
The forceps is also occasionally required in presentations of the face and nates.

A System of Midwifery |Edward Rigby
The boys patted Sandy again and again as they listened to Nates story.

The Ranger Boys Outwit the Timber Thieves |Claude A. Labelle

The coprolagnia here, however, had its source in a childish impression of admiration for the nates.

Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 (of 6) |Havelock Ellis

nates

/ (ˈneɪtiːz) /

a technical word for the buttocks See buttock

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

nates

[ nā′tēz ]

The buttocks.