Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Primitia

‖Pri‐mi″ti‐a (?), n.; pl.Primitiæ (#) (Primitias (#), obs.). [L. primitiae, pl., fr. primus first. Cf. Premices.] (Eng. Law) The first fruit; the first year's whole profit of an...

8048

Primitial

Pri‐mi″tial (?), a. Being of the first production; primitive; original. Ainsworth.

8049

Primitive

Prim″i‐tive (?), a. [L. primitivus, fr. primus the first: cf. F. primitif. See Prime, a.] 1. Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial...

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Primitive (2)

Prim″i‐tive, n. An original or primary word; a word not derived from another; — opposed to derivative.

8051

Primitively

Prim″i‐tive‐ly, adv. 1. Originally; at first.2. Primarily; not derivatively.3. According to the original rule or ancient practice; in the ancient style. South.

8052

Primitiveness

Prim″i‐tive‐ness, n. The quality or state of being primitive; conformity to primitive style or practice.

8053

Primity

Prim″i‐ty (?), n. Quality of being first; primitiveness. Bp. Pearson.

8054

Primly

Prim″ly, adv. In a prim or precise manner.

8055

Primness

Prim″ness, n. The quality or state of being prim; affected formality or niceness; preciseness; stiffness.

8056

Primo

‖Pri″mo (?), a.(Mus.) First; chief.

8057

Primogenial

Pri′mo‐ge″ni‐al (?), a. [See Primigenial.] First born, made, or generated; original; primary; elemental; as, primogenial light. Glanvill.

8058

Primogenitive

Pri′mo‐gen″i‐tive (?), a. [See Primogeniture.] Of or pertaining to primogeniture.

8059

Primogenitive (2)

Pri′mo‐gen″i‐tive, n. Primogeniture.The primogenitive and due of birth. Shak.

8060

Primogenitor

Pri′mo‐gen″i‐tor (?), n. [LL., fr. L. primus first + genitor a begetter.] The first ancestor; a forefather.

8061

Primogeniture

Pri′mo‐gen″i‐ture (?; 135), n. [LL., fr. L. primus first + genitura a begetting, birth, generation, fr. genere, gignere, to beget: cf. F. primogéniture, L. primogenitus firstbor...

8062

Primogenitureship

Pri′mo‐gen″i‐ture‐ship (?), n. The state or privileges of the firstborn. Burke.

8063

Primordial

Pri‐mor″di‐al (?), a. [L. primordialis, from primordium the first beginning; primus first + ordiri to begin a web, to begin: cf. F. primordial.] 1. First in order; primary; orig...

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Primordial (2)

Pri‐mor″di‐al, n. A first principle or element.

8065

Primordialism

Pri‐mor″di‐al‐ism (?), n. Devotion to, or persistence in, conditions of the primordial state. H. Spencer.

8066

Primordially

Pri‐mor″di‐al‐ly, adv. At the beginning; under the first order of things; originally.

8067

Primordian

Pri‐mor″di‐an (?), n. [L. primordius first of all, fr. primordium.] (Bot.) A name given to several kinds of plums; as, red primordian, amber primordian, etc.

8068

Primordiate

Pri‐mor″di‐ate (?), a. Primordial. Boyle.

8069

Primp

Primp (?), v. i. & t. [Cf. Prim, a.] To be formal or affected in dress or manners; — often with up. Halliwell.

8070

Primrose

Prim″rose′ (?), n. [OE. primerole, F. primerole, a derivative fr. LL. primula, from L. primus first. See Prime, a.] (Bot.) (a) An early flowering plant of the genus Primula (P. ...

8071

Primrose (2)

Prim″rose′, a. Of or pertaining to the primrose; of the color of a primrose; — hence, flowery; gay. “The primrose path of dalliance.” Shak.

8072

Primrose League

Prim″rose′ League. (Eng. Politics) A league of both sexes among the Conservatives, founded in 1883. So called because primrose was (erroneously, it is said) taken to be the favo...

8073

Primula

‖Prim″u‐la (?), n. [LL. See Primrose.] (Bot.) The genus of plants including the primrose (Primula vera).