Primeval

Word PRIMEVAL
Character 8
Hyphenation pri me val
Pronunciations /ˈpɹaɪˌmi.vəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Primeval"

What do we mean by primeval?

Belonging to the first or earliest age or ages; original or ancient. adjective

Of or belonging to the first ages; original; primal; primitive.

Synonyms Primitive, etc. See primary.

Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary. adjective

Belonging to the first ages. adjective

Primary; original. adjective

Primitive. adjective

Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state adjective

Belonging to the first ages

Primary; original

Primitive

Synonyms and Antonyms for Primeval

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The word "primeval" in example sentences

There might have been more heroic characters at the siege of Troy than Abraham Lincoln, but there was not one more strongly marked individually; not one his superior in what we call primeval craft and humor. ❋ Charles Dudley Warner (1864)

Herbert urged that he must at least admit that there was a freshness of legend and poetry in what we call the primeval peoples that is wanting now; the mythic period is gone, at any rate. ❋ Charles Dudley Warner (1864)

Martian civilization had burrowed underground at some point in primeval history, after the oceans, lakes, and rivers had dried up. ❋ Unknown (2010)

March 26, 2009 at 5: 16 am primeval is the best and the the animals are the best ❋ Unknown (2008)

Instead of the prime vegetables more fittingly described by the word primeval, artfully displayed in the window for the delectation of the military man and his fellow country-woman the nursemaid, honest ❋ Unknown (2007)

Instead of the prime vegetables more fittingly described by the word primeval, artfully displayed in the window for the delectation of the military man and his fellow country-woman the nursemaid, honest Flicoteaux exhibited full salad-bowls adorned with many a rivet, or pyramids of stewed prunes to rejoice the sight of the customer, and assure him that the word ❋ Honor�� De Balzac (1824)

The patio of his hotel room opened onto an immaculate, dew-fresh lawn, shaded by massive mango and apple trees, that descended gently to the edge of what can only be described as a primeval forest. ❋ Stephen O’Connor (2010)

First, that in this great continent of Africa, with its ancient civilisations which some of us ought to be able to appreciate more than we have done in the past, we are not dealing with what may be called a primeval state of affairs. ❋ Unknown (1961)

It lay between him and what he called the "first heavy growth;" that is, the primeval forest, unthinned by axe of man, which at certain points clothes the foot of ❋ Isabel Hornibrook (N/A)

It is something to secure to the student or the clerk the strong muscles, hearty appetite, and sound sleep of the sailor and the ploughman, -- to enable him, if need be, to out-row the fisherman, and out-run the mountaineer, and lift more than his porter, and to remember head-ache and dyspepsia only as he recalls the primeval whooping-cough of his childhood. ❋ Various (N/A)

I speak the pass-word primeval—I give the sign of democracy; ❋ Unknown (1900)

The so-called primeval nebula follows as a necessary inference from these facts. ❋ Unknown (1876)

I speak the pass-word primeval -- I give the sign of ❋ Unknown (1867)

Is it not probable that our repugnance to the idea of primeval union between spirit and matter might be considerably abated? ❋ John Tyndall (1856)

I speak the pass-word primeval, I give the sign of democracy, ❋ Walt Whitman (1855)

It's like this kind of primeval prairie in the shadow, if you will, of Kennedy Airport. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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