primigenial
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Etymology edit
From Latin primus (“first”) and genio (from generare (“to create”)), + -al.
Adjective edit
primigenial (not comparable)
- First of all; firstborn; primary; original.
- 1983, Umberto Eco, translated by William Weaver, The Name of the Rose:
- What difference is there, then, between God and primigenial chaos?