Definition of Primordial

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Primordial

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

Of or pertaining to the lowest beds of the Silurian age, corresponding to the Acadian and Potsdam periods in American geology. It is called also Cambrian, and by many geologists is separated from the Silurian.

Originally or earliest formed in the growth of an individual or organ; as, a primordial leaf; a primordial cell.

A first principle or element.

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Primordial Quotations

In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only a sign of the measure of the artist's obsession with his subject; the form is always in proportion to the obsession.
Alberto Giacometti

I have written a lot about snakes. There's something pretty primordial about it.
Laurie Anderson

The Jungian view of drama would be that it affects all of our imaginations and somehow taps into our hidden, ancient, primordial memories.
Jeremy Northam

Primordial Translations

primordial in Swedish is ursprunglig, urtids-

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