Primeval
Pronunciation : Pri*me"val
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. primaevus; primus first + aevum age. See Prime, a., and Age.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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