primeval

primeval
[[t]praɪmi͟ːv(ə)l[/t]]
(in BRIT, also use primaeval)
1) ADJ: usu ADJ n You use primeval to describe things that belong to a very early period in the history of the world. [FORMAL]

...the dense primeval forests that once covered inland Brittany.

...a vast expanse of primeval swamp.

Syn:
2) ADJ: usu ADJ n You use primeval to describe feelings and emotions that are basic and not the result of thought.

...a primeval urge to hit out at that which causes him pain.


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