primeval

Definition of primeval

Adjectives

having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
"the forest primeval"
Synonyms:
aboriginal, primaeval, primal, primordial
early
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

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Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" Chapters 21-31 »(129 words)
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Gilgamesh »(20 words)
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Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway" »(215 words)
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Edith Hamilton's "Mythology" »(187 words)
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Betty Smith's "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" Chapter 1 »(74 words)
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