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primigenial

primigenial adjective: first of all; firstborn; primary; original.

Adjective

primigenial (not comparable)

  1. First of all; firstborn; primary; original.
    • What difference is there, then, between God and primigenial chaos?1983, Umberto Eco, translated by William Weaver, The Name of the Rose

Forms of primigenial

alternative formprimogenial

Origin of primigenial

From Latin primus (“first”) and genio (from generare (“to create”)), + -al.

Questions about primigenial

What does primigenial mean?
Primigenial means first of all; firstborn; primary; original.
What part of speech is primigenial?
Primigenial is an adjective.

Words near primigenial in the dictionary

  1. primibrachial
  2. primibrachials
  3. primibrachs
  4. primidolol
  5. primidone
  6. primigenial
  7. primigenious
  8. primigenous
  9. primigravid
  10. primigravida
  11. primigravidae

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