Associations to the word «Rudiment»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
RUDIMENT, noun. A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning (often in the plural).
RUDIMENT, noun. Something in an undeveloped form (often in the plural).
RUDIMENT, noun. (biology) A body part that no longer has a function
RUDIMENT, noun. (music) In percussion, one of a selection of basic drum patterns learned as an exercise.
Dictionary definition
RUDIMENT, noun. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry".
RUDIMENT, noun. The remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life; "Meckel's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac".
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.