definition of
primitive

[1] #1 primitive s. [crude, rude] belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mo. wn

[2] #2 primitive s. [archaic] little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type; "archaic forms of life"; "primitive mammals"; "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe". wn

[3] #3 primitive s. used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies; "primitive societies". wn

[4] #4 primitive n. [primitive person] a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization. wn

[5] #5 primitive n. a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived. wn