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primaeval

/ praɪˈmiːvəl /

adjective

  1. a variant spelling of primeval


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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.

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.

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

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