Definition of primordial Primordial

/pɹɪmɔˈɹdiʌl/ - [primordeeul] - pri•mor•di•al

We found 10 definitions of primordial from 5 different sources.

What does primordial mean?

Adjective
primordial - having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"
		aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval

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primordial (Adjective)
first, earliest or original.
primordial (Adjective)
characteristic of the earliest stage of the development of an organism, or relating to a primordium.
primordial (Adjective)
primeval.

primordial (a.)
First in order; primary; original; of earliest origin; as, primordial condition.
primordial (a.)
Of or pertaining to the lowest beds of the Silurian age, corresponding to the Acadian and Potsdam periods in American geology. It is called also Cambrian, and by many geologists is separated from the Silurian.
primordial (a.)
Originally or earliest formed in the growth of an individual or organ; as, a primordial leaf; a primordial cell.
primordial (n.)
A first principle or element.

primordial
Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state.

primordial
prī-mor′di-al, adj. first in order: original: existing from the beginning: (anat.) in a rudimentary state: (bot.) first formed, as leaves or fruit.—n. first principle or element.—ns. Primor′dialism; Primor′dium. [L. primus, first, ordo, order.]