11 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
adjective being or involving basic facts or principles
adjective being in the earliest stages of development
adjective not fully developed in mature animals
originEtymology tree English rudiment Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English rudimentary From rudiment + -ary.
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