What does primevalness mean?
Primevalness means The quality of being primeval..
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The quality of being primeval..
PRIME´VALNESS } (of primævalus, L. and neſs) the being of the firſt age.
He was traversing a rude forest pathway; bushes and half-decayed stumps lined the track, towering, mossy trees hung solemn and shadowy above him; there was rudeness, savageness, primevalness around him.
Let any number of new hideous apes be found in Africa, and hailed as a more remote progenitor by enlightened naturalists, I will be satisfied to end my genealogy at the first of the line endowed with reason, instead of pursuing it into the primevalness of ferocity.
This piece of woodland was delightful in its seeming primevalness.
Then I sat in that little nook—leaving the door open so I could watch the shadows—thinking about the primevalness of my life.
Use primevalness when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Primevalness means The quality of being primeval..
Common synonyms include primevality.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
PRIME´VALNESS } (of primævalus, L. and neſs) the being of the firſt age.
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