RUDIMENT


Meaning of RUDIMENT in English

noun Etymology: Latin ~um beginning, from rudis raw, rude Date: 1548 a basic principle or element or a fundamental skill, 2. something unformed or undeveloped ; beginning , b. a body part so deficient in size or structure as to be entirely unable to perform its normal function, an organ just beginning to develop ; anlage , ~al adjective

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