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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.

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oldest

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???ld?st/
(General American) enPR: ?ld, IPA^(key): /?o?ld?st/
Hyphenation: old?est

Adjective

oldest

superlative form of old: most old

Synonyms

oldermost (in Western dialects of the US)

Related terms

eldest

Translations

Noun

oldest (plural oldests)

The oldest child in a family, or individual in a group.

Anagrams

deslot, dotels, stoled

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