Rudiment

What do we mean by rudiment?

A fundamental element, principle, or skill, as of a field of learning. noun

Something in an incipient or undeveloped form. noun

An imperfectly or incompletely developed organ or part. noun

Anything which is in an undeveloped state; the principle which lies at the beginning or bottom of any development; an unformed or unfinished beginning. noun

An element or first principle of any art or science; especially, in the plural, the beginning, first steps, or introduction to any branch of knowledge; the elements or elementary notions. noun

In biology: That which is rudimentary; that which is in its first or an early stage of development, which may or may not be continued; the beginning or foundation of any part or organ: as, the rudiment of the embryo which is to go on to maturity; the rudiment of an organ whose further development has been arrested or aborted noun

That which is vestigial; a vestigial or aborted part, organ, or structure; an abortion; a vestige. noun

To furnish with first principles or rules; ground; settle in first principles.

To furnish with first principles or rules; to insrtuct in the rudiments. transitive verb

That which is unformed or undeveloped; the principle which lies at the bottom of any development; an unfinished beginning. noun

Hence, an element or first principle of any art or science; a beginning of any knowledge; a first step. noun

An imperfect organ or part, or one which is never developed. noun

A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning (often in the plural). noun

Something in an undeveloped form (often in the plural) noun

A body part that no longer has a function noun

In percussion, one of a selection of basic drum patterns learned as an exercise. noun

The remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life noun

The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural) noun

(often in the plural) A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning.

(often in the plural) Something in an undeveloped form.

A body part that no longer has a function

In percussion, one of a selection of basic drum patterns learned as an exercise.

Words that are spelled similarly to rudiment:
rudiment, judgment, regiment, raiment, sediment, pediment, rudiments, muniment, audient, redient.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word rudiment:
drumming, neural.

Adjectives that are often used to describe rudiment:
first, mere, embryonic, small, thymic, genital, posterior, earliest, anterior, hippocampal, merest, epithelial, like, common, cerebral, pancreatic, single, minute, optic, dorsal, cartilaginous, right, primary, median, simple, echinus, thyroid, pronephric, slight, shaped, unpaired, original, simplest, very, enteric, mammary, distinct, presumptive, traceable, hepatic, paired, primitive, cerebellar, slightest, mesonephric, left, ganglionic, neural, axial, day, pituitary, notochordal, abortive, nasal, unorganized, embryonal, functionless, antennal, solid, endodermal, visible, useless, superfluous, lateral, vaginal, pericardial, least, bursal, undifferentiated, ovarian, indefinite, spinal, grafted, metanephric, polypide, organ, sternal, homogeneous, juvenile, gut, abdominal.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective rudiment:
formation, changes, increases.

Consonant match to rudiment:
rodomont.

Words that sound like rudiment:
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