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Definition

ancient (of or from a long time ago); or having existed from ancient times

She found the fossilized remains of a primeval palm tree.

primeval = ancient

The area has been inhabited since primeval times.

primeval = ancient

After consulting a tree to ascertain from its lichen which way was south, and taking no lip from the subordinates who ventured to correct him, Colonel Maycomb set out on a purposeful journey to rout the enemy and entangled his troops so far northwest in the forest primeval that they were eventually rescued by settlers moving inland.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

primeval = ancient

Eckels turned slowly to regard the primeval garbage dump, that hill of nightmares and terror.
Ray Bradbury -- A Sound of Thunder

primeval = ancient

He cursed, spit, and trembled, and, with a primeval growl, he slammed the grenade into the cradle.
Mark Helprin -- A Soldier of the Great War
Myrurgia for primeval woman who creates for him a world of tender privacy where the only occupant is you, mixed with Nina Ricci's L'Air du Temps.
Toni Morrison -- Song of Solomon
Some time after that while Annie slept, he heard, like some distant echo, a high primeval call which made every creature of the night fall silent.
Nicholas Evans -- The Horse Whisperer
Going primeval, no fear, no pain?
Ellen Hopkins -- Crank
A primeval monster twenty feet long.
Yann Martel -- Life of Pi
You remember that the pre-Socratics discussed the question of primeval substance and change?
Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
Sheng raised his face to the dark sky and screamed a primeval roar of protest.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy
It straggled onward into the mystery of the primeval forest.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter
Mikey was still firing, but suddenly I heard him scream my name, the most bone-chilling primeval scream: "Help me, Marcus!
Marcus Luttrell -- Lone Survivor
The most laborious task will be the proper inauguration of the government and the primeval formation of a federal code.
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers
We must get back to primeval integrity.
Eugene Ionesco -- Rhinoceros
That night the city of San Francisco echoed with the primeval howls of a hundred thousand dogs.
Micheal Scott -- The Alchemyst
When the area was first settled, the plateau was covered with a dense primeval forest.
Malcolm Gladwell -- Outliers
Kur was a primeval ocean-Chaos—that Enki conquered.
Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
We have them to thank that Germany, France, and Italy aren't covered with primeval forests and swamps, but provide us with grain, fruit, and wine.
Thomas Mann -- The Magic Mountain
Primeval bubbles surfaced it with lethargical majesty as Billy Pilgrim stared.
Kurt Vonnegut -- Slaughterhouse-Five

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