Sekirov Dictionary

rudimentary

/ˌɹuːdɪˈmɛntəɹi/

adjective 2
noun 1
forms 3

adjective2

•
Of or relating to one or more rudiments; of the nature of an early stage.
- The state of moral and social feeling, prevalent in legendary Greece, exhibits a scene in harmony with the rudimentary political fabric just described. — 1846
•
Basic; minimal; with less than, or only the minimum, necessary.
- I have only a rudimentary grasp of chemistry.
- His grasp of rudimentary English allowed him at least to do the shopping.

noun[usually plural]1

•
One of the rudimentary mammae of boars.
- A litter of nine pigs was farrowed, four of the boars having rudimentaries, and one lacking them, while three of the sows lacked rudimentaries and the fourth possessed them. — 1916

forms

rudimentaries · more rudimentary · most rudimentary

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