primaeval Definition

primaeval primeval

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primeval
primaeval
adj

1. Relating or belonging to the Earth's beginnings.
2. Primitive.

Thesaurus: old, ancient, prehistoric, primordial, early, earliest, first, original, primal, primitive, pristine; Antonym: developed, later, modern.
3. Instinctive.

Etymology: 18c: from Latin primaevus young, from primus first + aevum age.