Definitions
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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Earliest age”8 letters
02“Ancient and original”8 letters
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