PRIMEVAL

primeval. Primeval, a. such as was at first, original, prior

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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.