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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]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Primeval \Pri*me"val\, a. [L. primaevus; primus first + aevum
   age. See Prime, a., and Age.]
   Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive;
   primary; as, the primeval innocence of man. "This is the
   forest primeval." --Longfellow.
   [1913 Webster]

         From chaos, and primeval darkness, came Light. --Keats.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

primeval
    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]