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• a variation of primeval.

primaeval

British  

/ praɪˈmiːvəl /

adjective

1. a variant spelling of primeval

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primaeval

The sentiment may be natural enough, since the primaeval curse upon women: but does it not argue rather too strong a sense of her original inferiority, to put it into her mind before the fall?

From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Edmund David Jones

If thou wilt not unmask thy counterfeit,   This earth will be the prey of strife once more,     As when primaeval discord held its reign.

From Don Quixote by John Ormsby

Behind lay the central and southern portions of the island, hushed as if their primaeval rocks were still tenantless.

From The Forest of Vazon A Guernsey Legend of the Eighth Century by Anonymous

But at any rate he has allowed no breath of later enlightenment to disturb the primaeval gloom of his atmosphere.

From Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes by Gilbert Murray

But in the middle of her speech she falls into a primaeval doze of some eighteen hundred years.

From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Irene Langridge

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