primigenous

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Etymology

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Latin primigenus, primigenius. See primogeniture.

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primigenous (not comparable)

  1. First formed or generated; original; primigenial.
    • 1620, Joseph Hall, The Honour of the Married Clergy:
      The first is true: all under the first is obnoxious to error; the puisne posthumous antiquity hath been a refuge for falsehood: the primigenous antiquity, which proceeded from the Ancient of Days, is certain.