gluteus

• glutæus

From New Latin glūtæus, from Ancient Greek γλουτός (gloutós, “rump, buttock”).

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gluteus (plural gluteuses or glutei)

1. (anatomy) Any of the several muscles of the nates, each of which arises from the pelvis and inserts into a femur.
2. (slang, informal) Short for gluteus maximus, either of a pair of large muscles in the human buttocks.

   I'm going to kick your gluteus.

• glute (informal)

• gluteus maximus
• gluteus medius
• gluteus minimus

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “gluteus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

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