primaeval

British  

/ praɪˈmiːvəl /

adjective

1. a variant spelling of primeval

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Example Sentences

Harran and Ur were two of the gifts which passed to Canaan from the speakers of the primaeval language of Chaldæa.

From Patriarchal Palestine by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

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 Langridge, Irene

The world would come to an end and be restored to primaeval silence.

From Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity by Lake, Kirsopp

With the dissolution of these primaeval communities society begins to be differentiated into separate and finally antagonistic classes.

From Manifesto of the Communist Party by Marx, Karl

But how would it have been possible for Milton to have enriched his poetry with all these elements in a primaeval age, when many of them did not exist?

From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 10 Poetical Quotations by Carman, Bliss