primeval
pronunciation
How to pronounce primeval in British English:
UK [praɪˈmiːvl]
How to pronounce primeval in American English:
US [praɪˈmiːvl]
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- Adjective:
- having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
Word Origin
- primeval (adj.)
- also primaeval, 1650s, with -al (1) + Latin primaevus "early in life, youthful," from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)) + aevum "an age" (see eon).
Example
- 1. Huang long has unique scenery , rich natural resources and a primeval forest .
- 2. To the great economist john maynard keynes , it was a " barbarous relic " of a primeval economic past .
- 3. The finding corroborates an influential new view of early human origins advanced by bernard chapais , a primatologist at the university of montreal , in his book " primeval kinship " .
- 4. The origin of music , beginning with some primeval song around an ancient campfire , is impossible to date .
- 5. They approach the primeval mystery of human attraction with a systematic and almost promethean hand .