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Word entry · 8 letters

primeval

Best crossword clue

"Earliest age"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /pɹaɪ̯ˈmiː.vəl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aeilmprvStarts with PEnds with L2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state

Word origin

From Latin primaevus (“in the first or earliest period of life”) + -al, from primus (“first”) + aevum (“time, age”); see prime and age.

Used in a sentence

  • a primeval galaxy
  • But if life has a happiness over which the primeval curse has passed and harmed not, it is the early and long enduring affection of blood and habit.
  • If their views were entrancing their sanitation was primeval; if they possessed stables they were also next to the gas-works; if their gardens were delightful there were odours suspicious of mice in the bedrooms.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Earliest age8 letters
02Ancient and original8 letters

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