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primogenial

primogenial adjective: first born, made, or generated of its type; original; elemental.

Adjective

primogenial (not comparable)

  1. First born, made, or generated of its type; original; elemental.
    • primogenial light1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC

Origin of primogenial

See primigenial.

Questions about primogenial

What does primogenial mean?
Primogenial means first born, made, or generated of its type; original; elemental.
What part of speech is primogenial?
Primogenial is an adjective.

Words near primogenial in the dictionary

  1. primo uomo
  2. primocane
  3. primocanes
  4. primocin
  5. primogenetrix
  6. primogenial
  7. primogenital
  8. primogenitary
  9. primogenitive
  10. primogenitor
  11. primogenitoral

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