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[ el-uh -men -tl ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌɛl əˈmɛn tl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective of the nature of an ultimate constituent; simple; uncompounded.
pertaining to rudiments or first principles.
starkly simple, primitive, or basic: a spare, elemental prose style; hate, lust, and other elemental emotions.
pertaining to the agencies, forces, or phenomena of physical nature: elemental gods.
comparable to the great forces of nature, as in power or magnitude: elemental grandeur.
of, relating to, or of the nature of the four elements, earth, water, air, and fire, or of any one of them.
pertaining to chemical elements.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of elemental From the Medieval Latin word elementālis, dating back to 1485–95. See element, -al1
OTHER WORDS FROM elemental el·e·men·tal·ly, adverb non·el·e·men·tal, adjective non·el·e·men·tal·ly, adverb post·el·e·men·tal, adjective
pre·el·e·men·tal, adjective sub·el·e·men·tal, adjective sub·el·e·men·tal·ly, adverb trans·el·e·men·tal, adjective un·el·e·men·tal, adjective un·el·e·men·tal·ly, adverb
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Example sentences from the Web for elemental The word primitive does not do justice to the elemental nature of dining in one of the great barbecue parlors of this region.
The Texas Church of Beef | Jane & Michael Stern| April 27, 2014| DAILY BEAST
He returned medicine to its most elemental form—a profession that tries to help out someone who is sick.
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Yet it does point out how elemental health and health care are—for both citizens and those running for election.
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The more important dynamic at work, Firman said, is the longer-term process of elemental self-discovery that can happen.
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Buffett in his action has boiled down the entire health-care debate to its most elemental : what is the cost of peace of mind?
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There was no getting forth, no living creature of free will "took water" in this elemental crisis.
His Unquiet Ghost | Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree)
I wish they had more knowledge of books, and could be got to think in some elemental fashion about art.
All Sorts and Conditions of Men | Walter Besant
At any rate, if he failed to do so, he had nothing to fear from a foe who did not know enough to use an elemental advantage.
Brave Tom | Edward S. Ellis
According to mediæval belief, the Sylphs were elemental spirits of the air; the Gnomes the elemental spirits of the earth.
The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. VII | William Wordsworth
This elemental essence is marvelously sensitive to human thought, however fleeting.
Ghosts I Have Seen | Violet Tweedale
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British Dictionary definitions for elemental adjective fundamental; basic; primal the elemental needs of man
motivated by or symbolic of primitive and powerful natural forces or passions elemental rites of worship
of or relating to earth, air, water, and fire considered as elements
of or relating to atmospheric forces, esp wind, rain, and cold
of, relating to, or denoting a chemical element
noun rare a spirit or force that is said to appear in physical form
Derived forms of elemental elementally , adverb elementalism , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to elemental elementary, constituent, primitive, primordial, rudimental