OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 19784

rudiment

/ˈɹuːdɪmənt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
rudimento
A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning.
This boy is forest-born, / And hath been tutored in the rudiments / Of many desperate studies.
We'll be learning the rudiments of thermodynamics next week.
rudimento
A body part that no longer has a function
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