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rudimental, a.|ruːdɪˈmɛntəl|
[f. rudiment n. + -al1.]
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1597Morley Introd. Music Annot. ⁋1 b, Musicke is diuided into two parts, the first may be called Elementarie or rudimental, teaching to know the quality and quantity of notes. 1647Cotton Singing of Psalms v. 23 It appeareth..that there was something typicall or rudimentall in the manner of singing some of the Psalmes. 1664Power Exp. Philos. i. 60 If you take Nature at the rise and critically observe her in her rudimental and obscure beginning. 1688Holme Armoury iii. 296/1 He that would discern the Rudimental stroak of a Plant..may behold it [etc.]. 1711–4Spectator (J.), Your first rudimental essays in spectatorship were made in my shop, where you often practised for hours. 1833Chalmers Const. of Man (1835) I. ii. 140 In this rudimental and incipient stage of human existence. 1847J. Wilson Lands of Bible I. i. 24 In some of the animals..we noticed a rudimental tendency to a dewlap. 1871Darwin Desc. Man ii. xii. (1890) 354 The throat pouch..is present in the female, though in a rudimental condition. |