primeval
adj/pɹaɪ̯ˈmiː.vəl/UK/pɹaɪ̯ˈmi.vəl/CA/pɹʌi̯-/
Etymology
From Latin primaevus (“in the first or earliest period of life”) + -al, from primus (“first”) + aevum (“time, age”); see prime and age.
Definitions
Belonging to the first ages.
- a primeval galaxy
Primary
Primary; original.
- But if life has a happiness over which the primeval curse has passed and harmed not, it is the early and long enduring affection of blood and habit.
Primitive.
- If their views were entrancing their sanitation was primeval; if they possessed stables they were also next to the gas-works; if their gardens were delightful there were odours suspicious of mice in the bedrooms.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for primeval. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA