Nates

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈneɪtiːz/
• Rhymes: -eɪtiz

Origin

From Latin natēs, plural of natis.

Full definition of nates

Noun

1. (anatomy, medicine) The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.
2. The buttocks.
• 1963, Anthony Burgess, Inside Mr EnderbyEnderby watched her warily as she lay prone, having kicked the clothes off the bed, her nates silvered by the Roman moonlight to the likeness of a meringue.
• 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 3:He sat cross-legged on a damask pillow and scrutinized the pale puckered nates with the air of an epicure examining a fly in his vichyssoise.
3. (zoology) The umbones of a bivalve shell.

Anagrams

• antes
• neats