primaeval
adjective🔊/praɪˈmiːvl/
🔊/praɪˈmiːvl/
(British English) (also primeval British and North American English)
[usually before noun]from the earliest period of the history of the world, very ancient 远古的；原始的 - (formal)
(of a feeling, or a desire 感觉或欲望 very strong and not based on reason, as if from the earliest period of human life 出于原始天性的