primordial
[ prahy-mawr-dee-uhl ]
/ praɪˈmɔr di əl /
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adjective
constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
Embryology. first formed.
pertaining to or existing at or from the very beginning: primordial matter.
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Origin of primordial
OTHER WORDS FROM primordial
pri·mor·di·al·i·ty [prahy-mawr-dee-al-i-tee], /praɪˌmɔr diˈæl ɪ ti/, nounpri·mor·di·al·ly, adverbDictionary.com Unabridged
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How to use primordial in a sentence
She had fought desperately, primordially, when 105 she had learned that her errand of mercy was nothing more than a cruel hoax.
The Place of Honeymoons|Harold MacGrathNearly seventy thousand fervid partisans will look on, eating peanuts—primordially yelling for blood.
The Beaver, Volume 1, No. 10, July, 1921.|Hudson's Bay CompanyNeither religion nor conscience possesses primordially any light of its own.
The Bible Of Bibles;|Kersey GravesHow can it be proved that any existing forms primordially were distinct?
The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races|Arthur, comte de Gobineau
British Dictionary definitions for primordial
primordial
/ (praɪˈmɔːdɪəl) /
adjective
existing at or from the beginning; earliest; primeval
constituting an origin; fundamental
biology of or relating to an early stage of developmentprimordial germ cells
noun
an elementary or basic principle
Derived forms of primordial
primordiality, nounprimordially, adverbWord Origin for primordial
C14: from Late Latin prīmōrdiālis original, from Latin prīmus first + ōrdīrī to begin
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Medical definitions for primordial
primordial
[ prī-môr′dē-əl ]
adj.
Being or happening first in sequence of time; primary; original.
Belonging to or characteristic of the earliest stage of development of an organism or part.
Relating to a primordium.
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