# adjective. - relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something. * primitive mammals - having a quality or style that offers an extremely basic level of comfort, convenience, or efficiency. * the accommodations at the camp were a bit primitive - not developed or derived from anything else. * the primitive material of the universe - (of a part or structure) in the first or early stage of formation or growth; rudimentary. * None
# noun. - a person belonging to a preliterate, nonindustrial society. * reports of travelers and missionaries described contemporary primitives - a pre-Renaissance painter. - a word, base, or root from which another is historically derived. * None