primitives >> /ˈprɪmɪtɪv/
Definition: [noun] A person belonging to a preliterate, non-industrial society.
Example: reports of travellers and missionaries described contemporary primitives
Definition: [noun] A pre-Renaissance painter, or one who imitates the pre-Renaissance style.
Example: Theirs was no retrograde revival of past styles, but a reworking of Giotto and the Italian primitives through a modernist lens, specifically, the ironic classicism of Giorgio de Chirico.
Definition: [noun] A word, base, or root from which another is historically derived.
Example: And although one should be cautious about saying that there is a simple list of semantical primitives, it does seem reasonable to maintain that Aristotelians had unearthed most of the major ones.
Definition: [adjective] Relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something.
Example: primitive mammals
Definition: [adjective] Very basic or unsophisticated in terms of comfort, convenience, or efficiency.
Example: the accommodation at the camp was a bit primitive
Definition: [adjective] Not developed or derived from anything else.
Example: primitive material of the universe
Definition: [adjective] (of a part or structure) in the first or early stage of formation or growth; rudimentary.
Example: The tumor occurs near the coccyx, where the greatest concentration of primitive cells exists for the longest period of time during development.