Definition of primitive

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Primitive (n.) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another; -- opposed to derivative.

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Primitively :: Primitively (adv.) Originally; at first.
Aboriginal :: Aboriginal (a.) First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America..
Prime :: Prime (a.) First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.
Decrement :: Decrement (n.) A name given by Hauy to the successive diminution of the layers of molecules, applied to the faces of the primitive form, by which he supposed the secondary forms to be produced..
Root :: Root (n.) A primitive form of speech; one of the earliest terms employed in language; a word from which other words are formed; a radix, or radical..
Archiblastula :: Archiblastula (n.) A hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive form; a c/loblastula..
Perienteron :: Perienteron (n.) The primitive perivisceral cavity.
Pristine :: Pristine (a.) Belonging to the earliest period or state; original; primitive; primeval; as, the pristine state of innocence; the pristine manners of a people; pristine vigor..
Whitsunday :: Whitsunday (n.) The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments..
Protosomite :: Protosomite (n.) One of the primitive segments, or metameres, of an animal..
Primitively :: Primitively (adv.) According to the original rule or ancient practice; in the ancient style.
Archi- :: Archi- () A prefix signifying chief, arch; as, architect, archiepiscopal. In Biol. and Anat. it usually means primitive, original, ancestral; as, archipterygium, the primitive fin or wing..
Phallus :: Phallus (n.) The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or primitive organ from which either may be derived..
Stomp :: Stomodaeum (n.) The primitive mouth and esophagus of the embryo of annelids and arthropods.
Mesenteron :: Mesenteron (n.) All that part of the alimentary canal which is developed from the primitive enteron and is lined with hypoblast. It is distinguished from the stomod/um, a part at the anterior end of the canal, including the cavity of the mouth, and the proctod/um, a part at the posterior end, which are formed by invagination and are lined with epiblast..
Archenteron :: Archenteron (n.) The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination.
Primary :: Primary (a.) First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.
Neurilemma :: Neurilemma (n.) The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath.
Radical :: Radical (n.) A primitive letter; a letter that belongs to the radix.
Henotheism :: Henotheism (n.) Primitive religion in which each of several divinities is regarded as independent, and is worshiped without reference to the rest..
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