Pri*me"val (?), a. [L. primaevus; primus first + aevum age. See Prime, a., and Age.]
Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man.
"This is the forest
primeval."
Longfellow.
From chaos, and primeval darkness, came Light.
Keats.
© Webster 1913.