primitivo

Definitions of primitivo
  1. noun
    a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
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    types:
    troglodita
    someone who lives in a cave
    troglodita
    a member of an uncivilized people
    cannibale
    a person who eats human flesh
    type of:
    anima, elemento, essere umano, individuo, microcosmo, persona, tipo, uomo
    a human being
  2. adjective
    having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
    synonyms: ancestrale, avito, primordiale
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