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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Medieval Latin
Origin: primalis, from Latin primus; PRIME1

primal

 adjective
     
Related topics: Human
pri‧mal [only before noun] formal
HBH primal feelings or actions seem to belong to a part of people's character that is ancient and animal-like:
a primal fear of the unknown
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