Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

primevalness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: primeval-ness
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being primeval.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"PRIME´VALNESS } (of primævalus, L. and neſs) the being of the firſt age."
"He was traversing a rude forest pathway; bushes and half-decayed stumps lined the track, towering, mossy trees hung solemn and shadowy above him; there was rudeness, savageness, primevalness around him."
"Let any number of new hideous apes be found in Africa, and hailed as a more remote progenitor by enlightened naturalists, I will be satisfied to end my genealogy at the first of the line endowed with reason, instead of pursuing it into the primevalness of ferocity."
"This piece of woodland was delightful in its seeming primevalness."
"Then I sat in that little nook—leaving the door open so I could watch the shadows—thinking about the primevalness of my life."

Etymology

From primeval + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: primeval

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

primaevalness (alternative)

Synonyms

primevality

Questions

What does primevalness mean?: The quality of being primeval.
Where does primevalness come from?: From primeval + -ness.

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