primeval

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With a single, in-block cam, one timing chain and two valves per cylinder, Godzilla is so primitive it’s practically primeval.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

This small companion galaxy is more primeval than the Milky Way in that it possesses fewer heavy elements, which are forged in stars through nuclear fusion and supernova explosions, compared to our own galaxy.

From Science Daily • Oct. 11, 2023

One critic, João Ribeiro — a prominent folklorist himself — called it “voluntarily barbarous, primeval, an assortment of disconnected fragments put together by a commentator incapable of any coordination.”

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2023

Perlin believes this has become the mantra of society ever since Gilgamesh and his men plundered the great primeval woodland.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2023

There was something foreboding and primeval about it; it made the fine hairs on my arms stand up.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly