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Webster 1913 Edition


Primigenial

Priˊmi-ge′ni-al

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Adj.
First born, or first of all; original; primary. See
Primogenial
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Primigenial

PRIMIGE'NIAL

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Adj.
[L. primigenius; primus, first, and genus, kind, or gignor, to beget.] First born; original; primary.

Definition 2024


primigenial

primigenial

English

Adjective

primigenial (not comparable)

  1. First of all, first born, primary, original.
    What difference is there, then, between God and primigenial chaos? Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose.