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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca