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primeval

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pri·me·val  (pr-mvl)
adj.
Belonging to the first or earliest age or ages; original or ancient: a primeval forest.

[From Latin prmaevus, early in life : prmus, first; see per1 in Indo-European roots + aevum, age; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.]

pri·meval·ly adv.

primeval, primaeval [praɪˈmiːvəl]
adj
of or belonging to the first age or ages, esp of the world
[from Latin prīmaevus youthful, from prīmus first + aevum age]
primevally , primaevally adv
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Adj.1.primeval - 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"
early - at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties"

primeval primaeval
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primeval [praɪˈmiːvəl] ADJprimitivo

primeval [praɪˈmiːvəl] adjprimitif/ive
primeval instincts → instincts primitifs
primeval forest → forêt primitive

primeval
adjurzeitlich, Ur-; primeval soupUrsuppe f; primeval slimeUrschleim m; primeval forestUrwald m; primeval instinctUrinstinkt m

primeval [praɪˈmiːvl] adjprimordiale, primitivo/a
primeval forests → foreste originarie
primeval [praɪˈmiːvl] adjprimordiale, primitivo/a
primeval forests → foreste originarie

primeval
adj primeval, primaeval [praiˈmiːvəl]
of or belonging to the first ages of history primeval forests. oeroue نِسْبَة إلى أقْدَم العُصور първобитен pradávný ur- uranfänglich, ur- αρχέγονος, πανάρχαιος primitivo ürgaegne نخستین؛ بسیار کهن alku- primitif בְּראשִית आदिम, आदियुगीन ős(i) purba primordiale, primitivo 원시시대의 pirmykštis, pirmapradis mūžamežs purbakala ur-, urtids- pradawny первобытный, первозданный pôvodný, prastarý, prehistorický prvobiten praistorijski urtids-, ur- ยุคดึกดำบรรพ์ eski çağlardan kalma 原始的 первісний قديم زمانے کا nguyên thuỷ


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The surrounding shores were beautiful with semitropical verdure, while in the distance the country rose from the ocean in hill and tableland, almost uniformly clothed by primeval forest.
He recapitulated what he would no doubt call his arguments,--they sounded more like threats,--and as he spoke I saw dragons fighting for their dams in the primeval ooze, and heard savage trumpetings of masculine monsters without a name.
Tis said that when The hands of men Tamed this primeval wood, And hoary trees with groans of woe, Like warriors by an unknown foe, Were in their strength subdued, The virgin Earth Gave instant birth To springs that ne'er did flow That in the sun Did rivulets run, And all around rare flowers did blow The wild rose pale Perfumed the gale And the queenly lily adown the dale(Whom the sun and the dew And the winds did woo), With the gourd and the grape luxuriant grew.
 
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