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What (who) is primeval$63906$ - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Primaeval; Primeval.; Primevally; Primevalness; Primeval (disambiguation)
primeval
Note: in BRIT, also use 'primaeval'
1.
You use primeval to describe things that belong to a very early period in the history of the world. (FORMAL)
...the dense primeval forests that once covered inland Brittany.
= primordial
ADJ: usu ADJ n
2.
You use primeval to describe feelings and emotions that are basic and not the result of thought.
...a primeval urge to hit out at that which causes him pain.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
Primevally
·adv In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally.
primeval
[pr??'mi:v(?)l]
(also primaeval)
¦ adjective
1. of the earliest time in history.
2. (of behaviour or emotion) instinctive and unreasoning.
Derivatives
primevally adverb
Origin
C17: from L. primaevus (from primus 'first' + aevum 'age') + -al.
Wikipedia
Primeval
Primeval may refer to:
- Primeval forest, an area of forest that has attained great age
- Primeval number, a positive integer satisfying certain conditions
- Primeval history, name given by biblical scholars to the first eleven chapters of the Book of Genesis
