Hypertext Webster Gateway: "primeval"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From chaos, and primeval darkness, came Light. --Keats.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

primeval
adj : having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or
original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal
eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the
forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial
forms of life" [syn: {aboriginal}, {primal}, {primaeval},
{primordial}]


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