primaeval

/ (praɪˈmiːvəl) /


adjective
  1. a variant spelling of primeval

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How to use primaeval in a sentence

  • Such an oath, then, did the gods appoint the eternal and primaeval water of Styx to be: and it spouts through a rugged place.

  • Yes,” said the doctor, “and that we can go round, for we are evidently skirting the edge of this primaeval jungle.

    Dead Man's Land | George Manville Fenn
  • This poem deals with the overthrow of the primaeval order of Gods by Jupiter, son of Saturn the old king.

  • For whithersoever civilization may take us, we must still go back to certain primaeval laws of justice between man and man.

    Barlasch of the Guard | H. S. Merriman
  • Behind lay the central and southern portions of the island, hushed as if their primaeval rocks were still tenantless.