Associations to the word «Rudimentary»

Wiktionary

RUDIMENTARY, adjective. Of or relating to one or more rudiments
RUDIMENTARY, adjective. Basic; minimal; with less than, or only the minimum, necessary.

Dictionary definition

RUDIMENTARY, adjective. Being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles".
RUDIMENTARY, adjective. Being in the earliest stages of development; "rudimentary plans".
RUDIMENTARY, adjective. Not fully developed in mature animals; "rudimentary wings".

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates