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noun
- An original or primary word; a word not derived from another; -- opposed to derivative.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church.
- Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of dress.
- Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive verb in grammar.
- (biology) Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.
Etymology: From primitif, from primitivus.
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