belonging to or characteristic of an early stage of development; crude or rudimentary
primitive technology
usu derog
said of facilities: not up to the usual modern standards of comfort and hygiene
said of behaviour: lacking in good manners or, sophistication, or subtlety; crude or boorish
said of art: typical of or imitating the productions of artists without formal training
of the earliest age or period; primeval
the primitive church
original or primary
primitively adv
primitiveness noun
[Middle English primitif from Latin primitivus first of its kind, ultimately from primus first]