— primordiality /pruy mawr'dee al"i tee/ , n. — primordially , adv.
/pruy mawr"dee euhl/ , adj.
1. constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
2. Embryol. first formed.
3. pertaining to or existing at or from the very beginning: primordial matter.
[ 1350-1400; ME primordialis of the beginning. See PRIMORDIUM, -AL 1 ]