Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal through which solid waste is eliminated from the body.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The termination of the digestive tube or alimentary canal; the end of the enteron of any animal; the orifice through which the refuse of digestion is voided. The anus is usually on a part of the body away from the mouth, but it is sometimes coincident with the latter. It is usually a circular orifice, provided with a sphincterial arrangement by which it may be shut; but it is sometimes a cleft or chink, the direction of the axis of which distinguishes zoölogical groups: thus, it is longitudinal in turtles, and transverse in lizards and snakes. In many vertebrates and other animals the anus serves for the discharge of the excretion of the kidneys and of the products of the generative organs, as well as of the refuse of digestion. See
anal . - n. A suffix of Latin adjectives and nouns thence derived: common in New Latin names, especially specific names.
Wiktionary
- n. anatomy The lower opening of the alimentary canal, through which feces and flatus are ejected.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Anat.) The posterior opening of the alimentary canal, through which the excrements are expelled.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal
Etymologies
- First attested in 1658, from Old French anus, from Latin ānus ("ring, anus"), from Proto-Indo-European *ano- (“ring”). See also anal, annular, annelid. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Latin ānus, ring, anus. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“All the children would hear was Tuxedo Mask yelling at another child, and then either “Sailor Moon Has Cancer” or the word anus over and over again.”
“I love you too, Pollyanna but our relationship must remain platonic as my anus is already losing its elasticity from 30 years in banking. morgaine7”
“The most important procedure is the separation of the anus from the carcass and the pelvic area.”
“The anus is far forward of the anal fin and located on the throat of adults.”
Think Progress » “When I caught a 7.5 pound perch in my lake”
“It will be like admitting that you admire a pedophile, that you support genocide, that torture and and sticking your finger up your anus, is a good thing.”
Think Progress » Video: Pentagon Aide Admits Having “Drilled Through” Questions For Photo-Op
“The still-living juvenile inside of me hears the word anus and giggles, bursting with the need to crack endless jokes or just to say the word anus over and over again and laugh uncontrollably.”
“It’s nothing personal, and I don’t have a great deal of discomfort about a medical exam of that part of my body (my anus is another issue … it’s all they can do to unpry me from a fetal position) – they could go spelunking about in there all day if I had something nice to look at on the ceiling.”
“7 Responses to “Kinetic Sculptures – BMW (South Africa) Inspiring Commercial” the most amazing kinetic sculptures at my anus is godot Says:”
“Rosina Kovar testified in opposition to civil unions on behalf of her grandchildren, saying that the anus was an exit, not an entrance and then proceeded into a cringe-worthy anatomy lesson for some of the most memorial yet irrelevant to the bill testimony of the 2011 session.”
The Huffington Post: Ellen Dumm: Grandmas and Lawmakers Say the Darndest Things
“These body parts plus your anus are your perineum.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘anus’.
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funny & derogatory
WARNING: VERY EXPLICIT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
funny derogatory names, quotes, phrases.
( open list, randomness, ad hom, ad hominem )
also see:
buttfucking quitter, dirty sanchez, donkey punch, falcon punch, assbadger, unicorn turd, assclown, fudgenut, quackery, friggin homo, buttmuncher, jackwagon and 274 more... -
•body-related words that make lovely ...
With thanks to quinn for the idea, seen here. It's true that most diseases cannot double as names for baby boys—but some can. And anyway in their absence I nominate (thanks to Colon/Colin) body p...
colon, lung, langerhans, cuticle, spleen, glottis, calyx, anus, peter, pertussis, strabismus, erysipelas and 26 more...
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Offensive Words
The worst of the bunch, bring um on
twat, asshole, pussy, dick, cunt, whore, slut, cum, blowjob, fuck, bitch, fanny and 42 more...
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FTL
Words listed first by me that don't belong in any other list.
licit, precis, mnemosyne, badinage, mariposa, lepidoptera, coruscation, poignant, meme, oxymoron, xenophobia, asterism and 128 more...
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I am allergic to the sound of these w...
Words I can't stand the sound of...
synergy, jazzercise, kudos, props, anus, blogosphere, vetted, misspoke, subfuscous
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soul mate
soul mate, soul mates, soul, portishead, wounded, death, depression, hurt, the cure, pain, longing, rat and 424 more...
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Permutations
There are 17576 different sequences of three letters (26 x 26 x 26). How many of them occur in words? General rules of engagement: mononyms only, lower case preferred to upper case, short preferred...
aaargh, niqaabi, Isaac, raad, baaed, haaf, laager, aah, kamaaina, Naajaat, aak, aalii and 637 more...
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Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Words and phrases from Dick's novel
phone-grid transe..., pol, nat, six, Callisto cuddle s..., gelatinlike, quibble, hot-compart, crampedly, micromag, schmalch, blep and 48 more...
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ugly
anal, anus, pimple, zit, hack, spit, crayon, umbilical, membrane, fissure, toady, penis and 20 more...
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Latin is Optime
I like Latin :)
crepitaculum, mendax, ianua, quotannis, quamquam, quod, stultissimus, ululavit, igitur, aliquis, senex, barba and 31 more...
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TBH exaltation
an exaltation of larks
exaltation, assemblance, congress, convoy, crowd, microcosm, trilby, theory, stock, string, pile, anus and 4 more...
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Words That Make Me Giggle
because i might as well be a 10-year-old boy
wiener, pianist, diarrhea, commode, teetee, anus, penile, bauble, unitard, cockpit, dipstick, buttocks
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texviany's Words
dignitary, pugnacious, tantrum, wallow, stupify, ubiquitous, larceny, crag, crag, pinhole, lice, taint and 87 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for anus.
yarb Citation on freeber. Mar 25, 2012
jpmaher Industry dictionaries and netymologists typically ignore syntax. In the case of Latin the syntax was "anus culi", ring of the arse... The diminutive appears in Italian anello "'ring" (on finger). Italian anello is not understood as "little anus".
Mar 11, 2012
Cherry anus is such a gross word! the only reason I looked it up is because I need the definition for school. I am learning about the human body in class. Mar 4, 2011
oroboros Amazing! How can it be that nobody's listed this word? It's like, everybody's opinion, right!? Dec 31, 2006