Primeval

Primeval
Primeval Pri*me"val, a. [L. primaevus; primus first + aevum age. See {Prime}, a., and {Age}.] Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man. ``This is the forest primeval.'' --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

From chaos, and primeval darkness, came Light. --Keats. [1913 Webster]


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  • primeval — [prī mē′vəl] adj. [< L primaevus (< primus, first: see PRIME + aevum, an AGE) + AL] of the earliest times or ages; primal; primordial [primeval forests] …   English World dictionary

  • primeval — index incipient, original (initial), prime (original), primordial Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • primeval — 1650s, from L. primaevus early in life, from primus first (see PRIME (Cf. prime) (adj.)) + aevum an age (see EON (Cf. eon)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • primeval — pristine, primitive, primordial, primal, *primary, prime Analogous words: aboriginal, *native, indigenous, autochthonous: original, *new …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • primeval — is now the dominant spelling, not primaeval …   Modern English usage

  • primeval — [adj] ancient earliest, early, first, old, original, prehistoric, primal, primary, primitive, primordial, pristine; concept 799 Ant. modern, new …   New thesaurus

  • primeval — (also primaeval) ► ADJECTIVE 1) of the earliest time in history. 2) (of behaviour or emotion) instinctive and unreasoning. ORIGIN Latin primaevus, from primus first + aevum age …   English terms dictionary

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