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English Dictionary: primordial	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for primordial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
primordial adj 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]:
Primordial \Primor"dial\, a. [L. primordialis, from primordium the first beginning; primus first + ordiri to begin a web, to begin: cf. F. primordial.] 1. First in order; primary; original; of earliest origin; as, primordial condition. [bd]The primordial facts of our intelligent nature.[b8] --Sir W. Hamilton. 2. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lowest beds of the Silurian age, corresponding to the Acadian and Potsdam periods in American geology. It is called also {Cambrian}, and by many geologists is separated from the Silurian. 3. (Biol.) Originally or earliest formed in the growth of an individual or organ; as, a primordial leaf; a primordial cell. {Primordial utricle} (Bot.), the interior lining of a young vegetable cell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Primordial \Primor"dial\, n. A first principle or element.