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   primordial

   /prʌɪˈmɔːdɪəl/

   adjective

   • 1. existing at or from the beginning of time; primeval: "the primordial oceans" Similar ancientearliestfirstprehistoricantediluvianantiqueprimevalprimitiveprimalrare:autochthonousautochthonicprimigenialOpposite modern
   • ▪ (especially of a feeling or state) basic and fundamental: "the primordial needs of the masses" Similar instinctiveprimitivebasicprimalprimevalintuitiveintuitionalinvoluntaryinborninnateinherentinbrednaturalcongenitalhereditaryinheritedin the bloodingrained
   • ▪ (of a cell, part, or tissue) in the earliest stage of development: "primordial germ cells"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from late Latin primordialis ‘first of all’, from primordius ‘original’ (see primordium).

   Derivatives

   • 1. primordiality noun
   • 2. primordially adverb

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