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† priˈmevity, priˈmævity Obs. rare.
[f. as prec. + -ity; cf. L. prīmævitās youth.]
The quality of being primeval; primitiveness.
1756T. Amory Buncle (1770) I. 38 My father..says we must ascribe primævity and sacred prerogatives to this language [Hebrew]. 1772L. D. Nelme Ess. Lang. Pref. 9 Without considering that simplicity as a proof of its primævity. 1786Glass in Archæologia (1787) VIII. 84 Argument in favour of the primævity of the Hebrew language. |