primeval
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8.8
- adjective
- /praɪˈmiːvəl/
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primigenio
- Scientists uncovered fossils from a primeval era that revealed the origins of early life on Earth.
- a primeval forest
- primeval soup
- primeval waters
Whenever he did kill a large animal, he would scream and jump and sing and become almost primeval in his reactions.
- Whenever he did kill a large animal, he would scream and jump and sing and become almost primeval in his reactions.
- And without that error prone DNA replication machinery, we'd probably still be in the primeval soup.
Examples
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The braying of a donkey is one of the most primeval of all sounds.
Fiction book (1997) -
Salt and sulfur: the materials of a star, or the primeval earth.
Academic text (2008) -
Now, as in primeval times, you almost have to get your food with your teeth.
Fiction book (1996) -
It's a symbol of his identity, and the source of his primeval inner strength.
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Maybe it's some primeval energy that causes a response in human beings.
Fiction book (2002) -
Thalassa was the primeval spirit of the sea.
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We have known your planet Earth since the first creature crawled out of the primeval slime of your seas to become man.
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We've been living with it since our ancestors crawled out of the primeval slime.
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The cellar floor stretched before me like some vast, primeval plain, empty of life, littered with the relics of a vanished race.
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The explorers trekked deep into the primeval forest, surrounded by ancient trees and untouched nature.
Synonyms
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3.4
Very old and from a long time ago
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5.2
From the time before people wrote things down
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8.9
It exists from the very beginning before other things exist
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6.8
From the earliest time, original and ancient
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6.9
A time before people wrote things down
Antonyms
How Ancient
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word primeval comes from Latin words primus 'first' and aevum 'age'. Think of it like prime + 'age', the 'first age', so primeval means very ancient or original.