anterior, posterior

House Republican to Apologize for Mocking First Lady's Figure

Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner was overheard saying that Michelle Obama has a "large posterior."

anterior

adj.

1. Placed before or in front.
2. Occurring before in time; earlier.
3. Anatomy.
   1. Located near or toward the head in lower animals.
   2. Located on or near the front of the body in higher animals.
   3. Located on or near the front of an organ or on the ventral surface of the body in humans.
4. Botany. In front of and facing away from the axis or stem.

[Latin, comparative of ante, before.]

anteriority an·te'ri·or'i·ty (-ôr'ĭ-tē, -ŏr'-) n.
anteriorly an·te'ri·or·ly adv.

posterior

(pŏ-stîr'ē-ər, pō-)
adj.

1. Located behind a part or toward the rear of a structure.
2. Relating to the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal side in humans and other primates.
3. Botany. Next to or facing the main stem or axis.
4. Coming after in order; following.
5. Following in time; subsequent.

n.
The buttocks.

[Latin, comparative of posterus, coming after, from post, afterward.]

posteriorly pos·te'ri·or·ly adv.

形]

1 ((限定))後ろの（⇔anterior）. ⇒BACK¹[類語]

2 （順序・時間的に）（…より）あとの, あとにくる（⇔prior）((to ...)).

3 （体の）後端の, 尾部の；《解剖学》（人間の）背部の.

4 《植物》後面の, 茎の主軸に近い.

━━[名]((しばしば〜s))((おどけて))臀(でん)部, 尻(しり).

pos・te・ri・or・ly

[副]次に, あとに；背部に.