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primigenous

primigenous adjective: first formed or generated; original; primigenial.

Adjective

primigenous (not comparable)

  1. First formed or generated; original; primigenial.
    • The first is true: all under the first is obnoxious to error; the puisne posthumous antiquity hath been a refuge for falsehood: the primigenous antiquity, which proceeded from the Ancient of Days, is certain.1620, Joseph Hall, The Honour of the Married Clergy

Forms of primigenous

alternative formprimigenious

Origin of primigenous

Latin primigenus, primigenius. See primogeniture.

Questions about primigenous

What does primigenous mean?
Primigenous means first formed or generated; original; primigenial.
What part of speech is primigenous?
Primigenous is an adjective.

Words near primigenous in the dictionary

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

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