primitive

primitive
prim•i•tive
[[t]ˈprɪm ɪ tɪv[/t]] adj.
1) bio being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, esp. in an early age of the world:
primitive forms of life[/ex]
2) bio early in the history of the world or of humankind
3) ant characteristic of early ages or of an early state of human development:
primitive toolmaking[/ex]
4) ant Anthropol.
a) ant of or indicating a people or society organized in bands or tribes and having a simple economy and technology
b) ant (no longer in technical use) of or indicating a preliterate people having cultural or physical similarities with their early ancestors
5) unaffected or little affected by civilizing influences; uncivilized; savage:
primitive passions[/ex]
6) of an early or the earliest period
7) old-fashioned:
primitive notions of style[/ex]
8) simple or crude:
primitive equipment; primitive housing[/ex]
9) ling.
a) of or pertaining to a form from which a word or other linguistic form is derived; not derivative
b) of or pertaining to a protolanguage
10) primary, as distinguished from secondary
11) bio Biol.
a) rudimentary; primordial
b) noting species, varieties, etc., only slightly evolved from early antecedent types
c) of early formation and temporary, as a part that subsequently disappears
12) someone or something primitive
13) fia
a) an artist of a preliterate culture
b) a naive or unschooled artist
c) an artist belonging to the early stage in the development of a style
d) a work of art by a primitive artist
14) math. a geometric or algebraic form or expression from which another is derived
15) a form from which a given word or other linguistic form has been derived by morphological or historical processes, as take in
undertake[/ex]
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Etymology: 1350–1400; ME (< MF) < L prīmitīvus the first to form, early, der. ofprīmit(iae)first fruits, der. ofprīmusfirst prim′i•tive•ly, adv. prim′i•tive•ness, prim`i•tiv′i•ty, n.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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