primeval Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
    primaeval; primal; aboriginal; primordial.
    • aboriginal forests
    • primal eras before the appearance of life on earth
    • the forest primeval
    • primordial matter
    • primordial forms of life

WordNet

Pri*me"val adjective
Etymology
L. primaevus; primus first + aevum age. See Prime, a., and Age.
Definitions
  1. Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man. "This is the forest primeval." Longfellow.
    From chaos, and primeval darkness, came Light. Keats.

Webster 1913