Primeval
[praɪ'miːv(ə)l]
Definition
(a.) Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man.
Editor: Rae
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Original, PRIMITIVE.
Editor: Lucia
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Archaic, primordial, indigenous, autochthonic, aboriginal, pristine
ANT:Subsequent, recent, modern, imported, adventitious
Typist: Miranda
Definition
adj. belonging to the first ages: original: primitive.—adv. Primē′vally.
Checker: Ramona
Examples
- He still grasped Jane in one great arm as Tarzan bounded like a leopard into the arena which nature had provided for this primeval-like battle. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- A fact of great importance is this--primeval man would not be particular about having his flesh food over-fresh. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I will do my best to be a brave primeval woman, a fit mate for the primeval man. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- They were last seen entering a wild primeval forest, each man with his rifle on his shoulder and his baggage at his back. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- For war is not a primeval thing; it has not been in this world for more than 20,000 years. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She is— Thank you, I don't want to hear your opinion of Miss Dengelton, said Crispin haughtily; your primeval simplicity at times verges on rudeness. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But what of Alice, and that other little life so soon to be launched amidst the hardships and grave dangers of a primeval world? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- This square is still covered with fine primeval forest trees, and has at its centre a handsome soldiers' monument of the Civil War, to which four paved walks converge. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Your savage, primeval man come out of the jungle to claim his mate--the woman who ran away from him, he added almost fiercely. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But really, Ursula, he belongs to the primeval world, when great lizards crawled about. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Perhaps I will come back to the primeval existence you praise. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Now was the quiet, fierce solitude of the primeval forest broken by new, strange cries. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Checker: Ramona