Associations to the word «Rudiment»
Noun
- Snare
- Grammar
- Deceit
- Latin
- Embryo
- Remote
- Syntax
- Alphabet
- Toe
- Ary
- Proficiency
- Learning
- Negroes
- Digit
- Spoil
- Harmony
- Instruction
- Nymph
- Harmonica
- Education
- Knowledge
- Teaching
- Lesson
- Ignorance
- Basic
- Drum
- Rhetoric
- Pupil
- Civilization
- Botany
- Greek
- Treatise
- Grasp
- Tutor
- Singing
- Profession
- Saxon
- Drummer
- Doctrine
- Ape
- Philosophy
- Wisdom
- Solo
- Nursery
- Language
- Logic
- Insect
- Organ
- Wit
- Teacher
- Bud
- Tongue
- Drill
- Faith
- Reading
- Reformation
- Accuracy
Adjective
Adverb
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
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.