单词 | primevalness |
释义 | > as lemmaspriˈmevalness priˈmevalness n. the quality of being primeval; primitiveness. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > primitiveness or primevalness primevity1610 primeness1611 primevalness1727 primitivity1759 primeval1826 primitiveness1856 primalism1872 primordialism1879 primevalism1893 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Primevalness. 1856 D. Shepherd Saratoga 369 Mossy trees hung solemn and shadowy above him; there was rudeness, savageness, primevalness around him. 1971 D. Crystal Linguistics ii. 49 What evidence there was about language-history..militated against acceptance of even the most basic assumptions used in the arguments about primevalness. 2002 Scotsman (Nexis) 24 June 4 What is it about ferns? Perhaps, like the constancy of numbers and elements he finds so comforting, it is their reassuring primevalness. < as lemmas |
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