Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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primitive | Yes | Yes | No | No |
archaic | No | Yes | No | No |
primitive (noun) | archaic (noun) |
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a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms | |
a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived | |
a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization |
primitive (adjective) | archaic (adjective) |
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used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies | little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type |
of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style | so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period |
little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type | |
belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness |