Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
having existed from the beginning;
in an earliest or original stage or state;
- Example: "aboriginal forests"- Example: "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"- Example: "the forest primeval"- Example: "primordial matter"- Example: "primordial forms of life"[syn: aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
primaeval
adj 1: 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" [syn: aboriginal, primal, primeval,
primaeval, primordial]