D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Primeval

/prī-mē′vəl/ · Pri·me·val · IPA /pɹaɪ̯ˈmi.vəl/
01 a. Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man.
  1. 1.
    Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man.
    “From chaos, and primeval darkness, came Light.” — Keats.