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Definition of Primaeval
1. Adjective. Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state. "Primordial forms of life"
Definition of Primaeval
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of primeval) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Primaeval
Literary usage of Primaeval
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Creation, Or, the Development of the Earth and Its by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel, Edwin Ray Lankester (1892)
"primaeval Home of Man (South Asia, or Lemuria).—Nature of primaeval Men.—The
Dream of primaeval Man. ..."
2. In Darkest Africa: Or, The Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"Tribes and their food—The primaeval forest—The bush proper —The clearings: wonders
of vegetable life—The queer feeling of loneliness—A forest ..."
3. In Darkest Africa Or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"Tribes and their food—The primaeval forest—The bush proper —The clearings: wonders
of vegetable life—The queer feeling of loneliness—A forest ..."
4. In Darkest Africa by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"Tribes and their food—The primaeval forest—The bush proper —The clearings: wonders
of vegetable life—The queer feeling of loneliness—A forest ..."
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