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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. (more info) beginning; primus first

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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. (more info) beginning; primus first + ordiri to begin a web, to begin: cf. F. 1. First in order; primary; original; of earliest origin; as, primordial condition. "The primordial facts of our intelligent nature." Sir W. Hamilton.

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  • PECULIARIZE
    To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession. Dr. John Smith.
  • PRIMORDIALLY
    At the beginning; under the first order of things; originally.
  • ABORIGINALLY
    Primarily.
  • FIRST
    Sw. & Dan. förste, OHG. furist, G. fürst prince; a superlatiye form 1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign. 2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of,
  • ANTIQUATION
    The act of making antiquated, or the state of being antiquated. Beaumont.
  • PRIMITIVENESS
    The quality or state of being primitive; conformity to primitive style or practice.
  • PRIMEVALLY
    In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally. Darwin.
  • FORMERLY
    In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
  • OBSOLETENESS
    Indistinctness; want of development. (more info) 1. The state of being obsolete, or no longer used; a state of desuetude.
  • ANTIQUATED
    Grown old. Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; old-fashioned; as, an antiquated law. "Antiquated words." Dryden. Old Janet, for so he understood his antiquated attendant was denominated. Sir W. Scott. Syn. -- Ancient; old; antique; obsolete. See
  • PECULIARNESS
    The quality or state of being peculiar; peculiarity. Mede.
  • OBSOLETE
    Not very distinct; obscure; rudimental; imperfectly developed; abortive. Syn. -- Ancient; antiquated; old-fashioned; antique; old; disused; neglected. See Ancient. (more info) 1. No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected;
  • ANTIQUENESS
    The quality of being antique; an appearance of ancient origin and workmanship. We may discover something venerable in the antiqueness of the work. Addison.
  • ABORIGINAL
    1. First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. "Mantled o'er with aboriginal turf." Wordsworth. 2. Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood.
  • NATIVE
    1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native, rising and vanishing again in long periods of times. Cudworth. 2. Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances
  • PECULIARLY
    In a peculiar manner; particulary; in a rare and striking degree; unusually.
  • ARCHAICAL
    Archaic. -- Ar*cha"ic*al*ly, adv.
  • INITIATORY
    1. Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step. Bp. Hall. 2. Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary.
  • FIRST-CLASS
    Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope. First- class car or First-class railway carriage, any passenger car of the highest regular class, and intended
  • NATIVE STEEL
    A sort of steel which has been found where a burning coal seam had reduced and carbonized adjacent iron ore.
  • DEFORMER
    One who deforms.
  • ELIMINATIVE
    Relating to, or carrying on, elimination.
  • NOMINATIVELY
    In the manner of a nominative; as a nominative.
  • EMANATIVE
    Issuing forth; effluent.
  • DOMINATIVE
    Governing; ruling; imperious. Sir E. Sandys.
  • REGNATIVE
    Ruling; governing.
  • COORDINATIVE
    Expressing coördination. J. W. Gibbs.
  • VERD ANTIQUE
    A mottled-green serpentine marble. A green porphyry called oriental verd antique.
  • POSTREMOTE
    More remote in subsequent time or order.
  • DENOMINATIVE
    Connotative; as, a denominative name. 3. Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable. The least denominative part of time is a minute. Cocker. (more info) 1. Conferring a denomination or name.

 

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