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单词 primevous
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primevousadj.

Forms: 1600s primaevous, 1600s–1800s primevous.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prīmaevus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin prīmaevus young, youthful, in post-classical Latin also primitive, primordial, original, oldest (see primeve n. and adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier primeval adj., primeve adj.
Obsolete.
Primeval; primitive.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > primitive or early
earlyOE
formerc1374
primordiala1398
primec1429
primer1448
primitivea1475
pristinate1531
prisk1533
pristine1534
primordiate1599
primigenial1602
primitial1602
primigenie1615
primigenious1620
primigene1623
primogenious1625
primogeniala1631
primevea1640
primogenian1650
pristinary1652
primeval1653
primevous1656
protogeneous1660
primigenous1677
primo-primitive1678
antediluvian1705
priscal1831
archaic1833
primigenian1847
Palaeozoic1863
priscan1870
aboriginary1993
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Primevous, the elder, or of the first age.
1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. i. 11 Those primevous Phœnicians, or Canaanites.
1797 S. Fisher Unity & Equality 15 In the primevous condition of nature, death and the resurrection could have no place.
1875 H. Miller Test. Rocks ix. 358 Sufferings to which they had been subjected in a primevous state.

Derivatives

primevousness n. Obsolete rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II. (ed. 2) Primevousness, the being of the first age.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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