elemental

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to or being an element

   elemental sulphur

2. 2
   adj

   relating to severe atmospheric conditions

   a race against hail or cold rains or some other elemental catastrophe- J.K.Howard

3. 3
   adj

   Basic, fundamental or elementary.

   Those who have escaped the dark and terrible aspects of life will find my brutality, my flash of rage in our final tragedy, easy enough to blame; for they know what is wrong as well as any, but not what is possible to tortured men. But those who have been under the shadow, who have gone down at last to elemental things, will have a wider charity.

4. 4
   adj

   Of the ancient supposed elements of earth, air, fire and water.

   Seth is the embodiment of mother-right, warfare, terror, human sacrifice; he is an elemental deity who deals in the fundamental reality of blood.

5. 5
   noun

   A creature (usually a spirit) that is attuned with, or composed of, one of the classical elements: air, earth, fire and water or variations of them like ice, lightning, etc. They sometimes have unique proper names and sometimes are referred to as Air, Earth, Fire, or Water.

   Incidentally, such beings may be said to have an existence of a sort upon the lower astral plane; they are elementals created by man's evil desires and unclean thoughts.

6. 6
   adj

   of or being the essential or basic part

7. 7
   adj

   Of, relating to, or being an element (as opposed to a compound).

8. 8
   adj

   Of, or relating to a force of nature, especially to severe atmospheric conditions.

Etymology

From Middle English elementall, from Medieval Latin elementālis; compare Old French elementel. By surface analysis, element + -al.