primordial
A first principle or elementA first principle or element.
» We lay together and enjoyed the primordial delight.
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2 sensesA first principle or element.
A primordial condition or state.
Examples
5 sentencesWe lay together and enjoyed the primordial delight.
How many primordial black holes are there in the universe?
Bennu is a primordial artifact preserved in the vacuum of space.
Our biological ancestors thrived in the primordial soup hundreds of millions of years ago.
Bennu is a primordial artifact preserved in the vacuum of space, orbiting among planets and moons and asteroids and comets.
Origin
From the Latin prīmōrdiālis (“of the beginning”). Compare primordium and -al.From the Latin prīmōrdiālis (“of the beginning”). Compare primordium and -al.
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Forms
plural: primordials| Singular | primordial |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.