primordial
constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
Embryology. first formed.
pertaining to or existing at or from the very beginning: primordial matter.
Origin of primordial
1Other words from primordial
- pri·mor·di·al·i·ty [prahy-mawr-dee-al-i-tee], /praɪˌmɔr diˈæl ɪ ti/, noun
- pri·mor·di·al·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with primordial
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How to use primordial in a sentence
She had fought desperately, primordially, when 105 she had learned that her errand of mercy was nothing more than a cruel hoax.
The Place of Honeymoons | Harold MacGrathNearly seventy thousand fervid partisans will look on, eating peanuts—primordially yelling for blood.
The Beaver, Volume 1, No. 10, July, 1921. | Hudson's Bay CompanyNeither religion nor conscience possesses primordially any light of its own.
The Bible Of Bibles; | Kersey GravesHow can it be proved that any existing forms primordially were distinct?
The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races | Arthur, comte de Gobineau
British Dictionary definitions for primordial
/ (praɪˈmɔːdɪəl) /
existing at or from the beginning; earliest; primeval
constituting an origin; fundamental
biology of or relating to an early stage of development: primordial germ cells
an elementary or basic principle
Origin of primordial
1Derived forms of primordial
- primordiality, noun
- primordially, adverb
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