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primeval
English
Alternative forms
- primaeval, primæval
Etymology
From primevous +? -al. Further, primevous, from Latin primaevus (“in the first or earliest period of life”), from primus (“first”) + aevum (“time, age”); see prime and age.
Pronunciation
- enPR: "pr?m'?v?l, IPA(key): /?p?a??mi.v?l/
Adjective
primeval (comparative more primeval, superlative most primeval)
- belonging to the first ages
- primary; original
- primitive
- 1957, H. E. Bates, Death of a Huntsman
- 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.
- 1957, H. E. Bates, Death of a Huntsman
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- primeval in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- primeval in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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highest
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ha?.?st/
Adjective
highest
- superlative form of high: most high
Adverb
highest
- superlative form of high: most high
Anagrams
- Heights, eighths, heights, highset, sigheth
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