"Rudiment" is a word in ENGLISH
An imperfect organ or part, or one which is never
developed.
That which is unformed or undeveloped; the principle
which lies at the bottom of any development; an unfinished beginning.
Hence, an element or first principle of any art or
science; a beginning of any knowledge; a first step.
To furnish with first principles or rules; to insrtuct
in the rudiments.
Persons curious in chronology may, if they like, work out from what they already know of the Wimsey family that the action of the book takes place in 1935; but if they do, they must not be querulously indignant because the King's Jubilee is not mentioned, or because I have arranged the weather and the moon's changes to suit my own fancy. For, however realistic the background, the novelist's only native country is Cloud-Cuckooland, where they do but jest, poison in jest: no offence in the world.
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A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything.
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