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primaevality

primaevality is the alternative spelling of primevality.

Meaning of primevality

Noun

primevality (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being primeval.
    • He had been, the greater part of his life, a Quaker; and, to the day of his death, he wore the Quaker costume in its most perfect primevality—his broad hat, half cock and half slouch; his drab coat, of an ample length and breadth of skirts; his drab waistcoat, with flaps of such liberal dimensions...1840 July, William Howitt, “Nooks of the World.—No. III. A Glimpse of Some of Our Local Religions.”, in Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume VII, number LXXIX, Edinburgh: William Tait, […]; Simpkin...
    Synonyms:
    primevalness

Questions about primaevality

What is primaevality the alternative spelling of?
Primaevality is the alternative spelling of primevality.

Words near primaevality in the dictionary

  1. primae donnae
  2. primae noctis
  3. primaeval
  4. primaeval forest
  5. primaeval forests
  6. primaevality
  7. primaevally
  8. primaevalness
  9. primage
  10. primages
  11. Primakov

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