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Primordial

First in order; primary; original; of earliest origin; as, primordial condition.

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Early 84% connected

Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Early 84% connected

Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Aboriginal 92% connected

First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Primal 92% connected

First; primary; original; chief.

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Primeval 92% connected

Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man.

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A unknown · 78% connection

The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the…

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Archaean noun · 78% connection

The earliest period in geological period, extending up to the Lower Silurian. It includes an Azoic age, previous to the appearance of…

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Cunabula n. pl. · 78% connection

The earliest abode; original dwelling place; originals; as, the cunabula of the human race.

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Eldest adjective · 78% connection

Born or living first, or before the others, as a son, daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See Elder.

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Elemental adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, ele…

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First adjective · 78% connection

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.

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Handsel noun · 78% connection

A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and r…

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Hue noun · 78% connection

A predominant shade in a composition of primary colors; a primary color modified by combination with others.

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Intuition noun · 78% connection

Any object or truth discerned by direct cognition; especially, a first or primary truth.

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Morne noun · 78% connection

The first or early part of the day, variously understood as the earliest hours of light, the time near sunrise; the time from midnight…

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Myth noun · 78% connection

A story of great but unknown age which originally embodied a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which ofte…

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Origin noun · 78% connection

the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived; "the rumor had its origin in idle gossip"; "vegetable orig…

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Original adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of m…

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Originally adverb · 78% connection

In the original time, or in an original manner; primarily; from the beginning or origin; not by derivation, or imitation.

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Originary adjective · 78% connection

Primitive; primary; original.

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Primarily adverb · 78% connection

In a primary manner; in the first place; in the first place; in the first intention; originally.

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Primariness noun · 78% connection

The quality or state of being primary, or first in time, in act, or in intention.

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Primary adjective · 78% connection

of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary source…

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