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PRIMAEVAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does primaeval mean?
• PRIMAEVAL (adjective)
The adjective PRIMAEVAL has 1 sense:
1. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
Familiarity information: PRIMAEVAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
Synonyms:
aboriginal; primaeval; primal; primeval; primordial
Context example:
primordial forms of life
Similar:
early (at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time)
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