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adjective
of or pertaining to the first age or ages, especially of the world: primeval forms of life.
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Primeval
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example Sentences
- The poet skillfully mixes the concrete metaphors of the primeval theme with metaphysical imagery.
- In the rather more primeval bubbling of a moka, things aren't so precise.
- They will fill out an empty bed with primeval-looking foliage.
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Word Origin & History
primeval
1653, from L. primævus "early in life," from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)) + ævum "an age."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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