adjective [usuallybeforenoun] (formal)
1 existing at or from the beginning of the world
SYNPRIMEVAL:
primordial gases / seas
2 (formal) (of a feeling or a desire) very basic
SYNPRIMEVAL:
primordial impulses / fears
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