RUDIMENT


Meaning of RUDIMENT in English

[ 'ru:dɪm(ə)nt ]

■ noun

1》 ( ~s ) the first principles of a subject.

↘an elementary or primitive form of something.

2》 Biology an undeveloped or immature part or organ.

3》 Music a basic pattern used by drummers, such as the roll, the flam, and the paradiddle.

Origin

C16: from Fr., or from L. ~um , from rudis 'unwrought'.

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