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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
pri·me·val       [prahy-mee-vuhl] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
of or pertaining to the first age or ages, esp. of the world: primeval forms of life.
Also, primaeval.

[Origin: 1765–75; < L prīmaev(us) young (prīm(us) prime + aev(um) age + -us adj. suffix) + -al1]

—Related forms
pri·me·val·ly, adverb

—Synonyms primary, primordial, pristine. See prime.
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pri·me·val       (prī-mē'vəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Belonging to the first or earliest age or ages; original or ancient: a primeval forest.


[From Latin prīmaevus, early in life : prīmus, first; see per1 in Indo-European roots + aevum, age; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.]

pri·me'val·ly adv.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
primeval 
1653, from L. primævus "early in life," from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)) + ævum "an age."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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primeval

adjective
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] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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