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Word entry · 8 letters

germinal

Best crossword clue

"In an early stage"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈdʒɜː(ɹ)mɪnəl/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aegilmnrStarts with GEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. containing seeds of later development

Word origin

From oblique stem of Latin germen, germinis (“seed”) + -al.

Used in a sentence

  • My upbringing was the germinal idea behind the opera.
  • This case was germinal to development of the theory of joint participation.

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