primaeval

/ (praɪˈmiːvəl) /

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adjective

a variant spelling of primeval

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Words nearby primaeval

Prilosec, prim, prima ballerina, primacy, prima donna, primaeval, prima facie, prima facie case, prima facie evidence, primage, prima inter pares

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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.
Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica|Homer and Hesiod
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.
Keats: Poems Published in 1820|John Keats
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.
The Forest of Vazon|Anonymous