Definition of "primitives" [primitives]

• Plural form of primitive. (noun)

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• "Perhaps he could save those old pitchforks, which he referred to as primitives and I referred to as kindling."
• "Luckily we can form a notion of the Penguin primitives from the Italian, Flemish, and Dutch primitives, and from the French primitives, who are superior to all the rest; as M. Gruyer tell us they are more logical, logic being a peculiarly"
• "Luckily we can form a notion of the Penguin primitives from the Italian,"