Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe external orifice of the rectum in most mammals, teleost fish, and many invertebrates, through which feces and flatus are ejected. · The anus and rectum, considered as a whole. · An impolite, unpopular, or unintelligent person.
Either from Middle French anus or Latin ānus (“ring, anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂nos (“ring”). First attested in 1658. See also anal, annular, annelid.
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