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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 stateplay

  Familiarity information: PRIMAEVAL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRIMAEVAL (adjective)


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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