Associations to the word «Primeval»

Wiktionary

PRIMEVAL, adjective. Belonging to the first ages.
PRIMEVAL, adjective. Primary; original.
PRIMEVAL, adjective. Primitive.
PRIMEVAL FOREST, noun. A forest unaffected by humans, typically containing large live trees, large dead trees, and large logs.
PRIMEVAL FORESTS, noun. Plural of primeval forest
PRIMEVAL SOUP, noun. The supposed liquid mixture of organic compounds which, under the influence of ultraviolet light, lightning etc., gave rise to the first self-replicating structures and, eventually, to life

Dictionary definition

PRIMEVAL, adjective. Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life".

Wise words

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