Rudiment, usually used in the plural, means the basics. If you know the alphabet, you have the rudiments of reading at your disposal.
That which is unformed or undeveloped; the principle which lies at the bottom of any development; an unfinished beginning.
Noun
the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life; "Meckel''s diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac"
Noun
the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry"
n.
That which is unformed or undeveloped; the principle
which lies at the bottom of any development; an unfinished beginning.
n.
Hence, an element or first principle of any art or
science; a beginning of any knowledge; a first step.
n.
An imperfect organ or part, or one which is never
developed.
v. t.
To furnish with first principles or rules; to insrtuct
in the rudiments.
Rudiment
but I will bring thee where thou soon shalt quit Those rudiments, and see before thine eyes The monarchies of the earth.
the single leaf is the rudiment of beauty in landscape.2.
This boy is forest-born, And hath been tutored in the rudiments of many desperate studies.
There he shall first lay down the rudiments Of his great warfare.3.
Rudiment
That which is unformed or undeveloped; the principle which lies at the bottom of any development; an unfinished beginning.
To furnish with first principles or rules; to insrtuct in the rudiments.
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