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primitive noun
பொருள் : A person who belongs to an early stage of civilization.
ஒத்த சொற்கள் : primitive person
பொருள் : A mathematical expression from which another expression is derived.
பொருள் : A word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms.
எடுத்துக்காட்டு :
`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived.
primitive adjective
பொருள் : Belonging to an early stage of technical development. Characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness.
எடுத்துக்காட்டு :
The crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man.
Primitive movies of the 1890s.
Primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains.
பொருள் : Little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type.
எடுத்துக்காட்டு :
Archaic forms of life.
Primitive mammals.
The okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe.
ஒத்த சொற்கள் : archaic
பொருள் : Used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies.
எடுத்துக்காட்டு :
Primitive societies.
பொருள் : Of or created by one without formal training. Simple or naive in style.
எடுத்துக்காட்டு :
Primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking.
ஒத்த சொற்கள் : naive
