All 3 Uses
primeval
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Heart of Darkness
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- The smell of mud, of primeval mud, by Jove!†
Chpt 1 *primeval = ancient
- was in my nostrils, the high stillness of primeval forest was before my eyes; there were shiny patches on the black creek.†
Chpt 1
- The shade of the original Kurtz frequented the bedside of the hollow sham, whose fate it was to be buried presently in the mold of primeval earth.†
Chpt 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(primeval) ancient (of or from a long time ago); or having existed from ancient times
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)