adj.
Pronunciation: ˌ rü-d ə - ' men-t ə -r ē , - ' men-tr ē
Function: adjective
Date: 1839
1 : consisting in first principles : FUNDAMENTAL <had only a rudimentary formal education ― D. J. Boorstin>
2 : of a primitive kind <the equipment of these past empire-builders was rudimentary ― A. J. Toynbee>
3 : very imperfectly developed or represented only by a vestige <the rudimentary tail of a hyrax>
– ru · di · men · tar · i · ly \ - ˌ men- ' ter- ə -l ē , - ' men-tr ə -l ē \ adverb
– ru · di · men · ta · ri · ness \ - ' men-t ə -r ē -n ə s, - ' men-tr ē - \ noun