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   primal

   /ˈprʌɪml/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to an early stage in evolutionary development; primeval: "primal hunting societies" Similar originalinitialearlyearliestfirstprimitiveprimevalprimaryOpposite subsequentderivative
   • ▪ relating to or denoting the needs, fears, or behaviour that are postulated (especially in Freudian theory) to form the origins of emotional life: "he preys on people's primal fears"
   • 2. most important; primary or fundamental: "rivers were the primal highways of life" Similar basicfundamentalessentialelementalprimaryvitalcentralintrinsicindispensableinherentcardinalcharacteristicOpposite peripheral

   Word Origin early 17th century: from medieval Latin primalis, from Latin primus ‘first’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. primally adverb

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • P

     3

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • M

     3

   • A

     1

   • L

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