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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
primeval /prʌɪˈmiːv(ə)l/ (also primaeval)

▶adjective

1 of the earliest time in history.

2 (of behaviour or emotion) instinctive and unreasoning.

– derivatives
primevally adverb.

– origin C17: from L. primaevus (from primus ‘first’ + aevum ‘age’) + -al.

'primeval' also found in these Oxford entries:

Manichaeism - primaeval - primal - primeval soup

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