primordial
pronunciation
How to pronounce primordial in British English:
UK [praɪˈmɔ:diəl]
How to pronounce primordial in American English:
US [praɪˈmɔrdiəl]
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- Adjective:
- having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
Word Origin
- primordial (adj.)
- late 14c., from Late Latin primordialis "first of all, original," from Latin primordium "a beginning, the beginning, origin, commencement," from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)) + stem of ordiri "to begin" (see order (n.)). Related: Primordially.
Example
- 1. No one can take away our primordial sense of separation except us .
- 2. Pna-like molecules may have served as primordial genetic material at the origin of life .
- 3. Astronomers will tell you that they are born in the collapse of primordial clouds of gas and dust .
- 4. Galaxy clusters need time to grow from small , denser regions in the primordial gas that filled the newborn universe .
- 5. Other observations in the cms and atlas detectors have provided a fascinating look at how this primordial matter interacts with itself .