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单词 primitial
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primitialadj.

Brit. /prʌɪˈmɪʃl/, U.S. /praɪˈmɪʃ(ə)l/
Forms: 1600s primaetiall (irregular), 1600s primitiall, 1700s– primitial.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French primicial; Latin primitialis.
Etymology: < Middle French, French †primicial first, principal (1536; c1485 in sense ‘relating to primogeniture’), relating to first-fruits (1611 in Cotgrave) and its etymon post-classical Latin primitialis principal, original (12th or 13th cent.) < classical Latin prīmitiae primitiae n. + -ālis -al suffix1.
1. First, original; primitive, primeval. Obsolete.
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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
1602 A. Copley Another Let. to Dis-iesuited Kinseman 73 It appeares that a Iesuit at this day is not only digressed from the finenesse of his institution and primitiall honors as religious Ignatians; but also from fine and vertue-like vices.
1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I Primitial, primitius.
1794 T. Dwight Greenfield Hill v. 115 His death, self-ruin'd man to save; His rise, primitial, from the grave.
1814 R. Southey Roderick xviii. 232 Thou Covadonga with the tainted stream Of Deva, and this now-rejoicing vale, Soon its primitial triumphs wilt behold!
1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 210 But ah! from that primitial world to this,—From Eden to Chaldæa, what a change.
a1865 in W. Jenks Comprehensive Comm. Holy Bible (1865–6) 589/2 I..will give thee a primitial foretaste of the hoped-for felicity this very day.
2. Of, relating to, or of the nature of, primitiae or first-fruits.
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1645 R. Harwood Loyall Subiects Retiring-roome Ep. Ded. So doe they now most gratefully present their Primætiall offering.
1658 J. Robinson Endoxa Pref. 1 He that hath not had a primitiall tast and prelibation of them here below.
1717 Coles's Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Primitial, belonging to first-fruits.
1755 W. Dodd tr. Callimachus Hymns iv. 118 But from the subject world primitial tenths Are sent to Delos.
1933 Amer. Anthropologist 35 171 The oldest people we know..practise the primitial sacrifice of all they obtain in hunting animals.
1998 Bonfire Night in bit.listserv.catholic (Usenet newsgroup) 6 Apr. The ‘Roman’ part comes about because that's the primitial see of the Church, as noted in the canons of Nicea.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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