primogenial

English

Etymology

See primigenial.

Adjective

primogenial (not comparable)

1. First born, made, or generated of its type; original; elemental.
   • 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC:

     primogenial light

References

• “primogenial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.