Primal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Primal	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Primal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
primal adj serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure" Synonym(s): cardinal, central, fundamental, key, primal having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life" Synonym(s): aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Primal \Pri"mal\, a. [LL. primalis, fr. L. primus the first. See {Prime}, a.] First; primary; original; chief. It hath the primal eldest curse upon it. --Shak. The primal duties shine aloft like stars. --Wordsworth.