Meaning of primevalness | Babel Free

Definitions

The quality of being primeval.

uncountable

Examples

“PRIME´VALNESS } (of primævalus, L. and neſs) the being of the firſt age.”

“He was traversing a rude forest pathway; bushes and half-decayed stumps lined the track, towering, mossy trees hung solemn and shadowy above him; there was rudeness, savageness, primevalness around him.”

“Let⟳ any number⟳ of new hideous apes be found in Africa, and hailed as a more remote progenitor by enlightened naturalists, I will be satisfied to end⟳ my genealogy at the first of the line endowed with reason⟳, instead of pursuing it into the primevalness of ferocity.”

“This piece of woodland was delightful in its seeming primevalness.”

“Then I sat in that little nook—leaving the door open⟳ so I could watch⟳ the shadows—thinking about the primevalness of my life.”

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