- a variation of primeval.
primaeval
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The young archer, causing water to spring from the rock by a shot from his bow, marks the miraculous cessation of prehistoric dearth, as the bull leaping from a skiff perhaps commemorates a primaeval deluge.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
This poem deals with the overthrow of the primaeval order of Gods by Jupiter, son of Saturn the old king.
From Keats: Poems Published in 1820 by M. (Margaret) Robertson
The world would come to an end and be restored to primaeval silence.
From Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity by Kirsopp Lake
The grip of the primaeval had laid hold of her heart!
From The Lady of Big Shanty by F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley) Smith
Age has just the least in the world dimmed the lustre we once knew, but an unmistakable breath of the morning still encircles him, and the odour of primaeval woods.
From Notes of a Son and Brother by Henry James
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