Primordial Definition

prī-môrdē-əl
adjective
First in time; existing at or from the beginning; primitive; primeval.
Webster's New World
Not derivative; fundamental; original.
Webster's New World
Earliest formed in the development of an organism, organ, structure, etc.; primitive.
Webster's New World

First, earliest or original.

Wiktionary

Primeval.

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noun
A basic principle.
American Heritage Medicine

Other Word Forms of Primordial

Noun

Singular:
primordial
Plural:
primordials

Origin of Primordial

  • Middle English from Late Latin prīmōrdiālis from Latin prīmōrdium origin prīmus first per1 in Indo-European roots ōrdīrī to begin to weave ar- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the Latin prÄ«mōrdiālis (“of the beginning"). Confer primordium and -al.

    From Wiktionary

Primordial Sentence Examples

  • The primordial air is conceived as animated.

  • Another still later myth, which occurs in the epic poems, makes Brahma be born from a lotus which grew out of the navel of the god Vishnu whilst floating on the primordial waters.

  • The notion that all the kinds of animals and plants may have come into existence by the growth and modification of primordial germs is as old as speculative thought; but the modern scientific form of the doctrine can be traced historically to the influence of several converging lines of philosophical speculation and of physical observation, none of which go further back than the 17th century.

  • Their myths are inhabited by the lusty trickster Coyote, and other primordial zoomorphic demigods.

  • Overall, the primordial Thai mandibular third molar had higher calcium contents in all layers in comparison to the degenerative Japanese.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRI

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LALIAL

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Words Starting With P and Ending With L

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