primaeval
IPA: prˈaɪmˈeɪvʌɫ
adjective
- Alternative spelling of primeval [Belonging to the first ages.]
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Examples of "primaeval" in Sentences
- He says Darwinism and neo-Darwinism deal only with the biological or "terminal" phase of evolution and impede discovery of the real mechanism, which is "primaeval" - based on elementary particles, chemical elements and minerals (Chapter 6, "Knight of the North Star").
- A red mist descends and I want to personally firebomb the whole fucking piece-of-shit, inefficient, dictatorial, fascist institution; I want to decapitate every Commissioner and hold their bleeding heads to the sky, smearing their gore on my face and chest whilst bellowing in some kind of primaeval way*.
- Part I describes “Victoria sleeping amidst the primaeval solitudes and awakened by voices foretelling speedy discovery and development,” while Part II reveals Victoria, now “Queen of the South,” “engaged in various pursuits — pastoral, agricultural, and industrial” — and engaged in dialogue with a company of nymphs, each “representing the various nations of the earth.”