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41old — adj 1. older, aging, elderly, aged, vintage, on or up in years, along or advanced in years, past one s prime, Inf. over the hill, Derog. long in the teeth; gray, gray haired, gray headed, grizzly, grizzled; hoary, Rare. hoar, venerable,… …
42original — adj 1. primary, primordial, primigenial, incipient, prime, initial, .first, firsthand; primeval, primal, primitive, pristine, earliest; aboriginal, autochthonal, autochthonous, indigenous, endemic, endemi cal, native; radical, basic, fundamental …
43prehistoric — adj 1. primeval, primal, prehistorical, preglacial, Noachial, Noachic, Noachical, preadamic, antediluvian; eolithic, Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic. 2. ancient, archaic, fossilized, fossilhke, antiquated, antique, superannuated, oldest;… …
44primal — adj 1. primary, prime, initial, initiative, first, premier, opening; pristine, earliest, early. 2. original, aboriginal, autochthonal, autochthonous; primitive, primordial, primigenial; incipient, beginning, germinal, embryonic, embryonal,… …
45primary — adj 1. prime, principal, capital, chief, cardinal, paramount; main, major, meat and potatoes, central, head, most important. 2. earliest, pristine, primeval, primal; primitive, primordial, primigenial, aboriginal, autochthonal, autochthonous. 3.… …
46primeval — adj primitive, primal, prehistoric, pre adamic, Noachian, Noachic, Noachical, antediluvian, eolithic, Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic; primary, prime, pristine, early, earliest, initiative, initial, premier, first; primordial, autochthonal,… …
47primitive — adj 1. primeval, primal, prehistoric, preadamic, Noachian, Noachic, Noachical, antediluvian, eolithic, Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, atavistic; early, earliest; original, autochthonal, autochthonous, aboriginal, native, endemic, endemical,… …
48pristine — adj 1. primitive, primordial, primigenial; primary, prime, early, earliest, initial, first; incipient, basic, fundamental, elementary, rudimentary, inchoate, simple, uncomplicated; original, autochthonal, autochthonous, aboriginal. 2. natural,… …
49autochthonous — /ɔˈtɒkθənəs/ (say aw tokthuhnuhs) adjective 1. relating to autochthons; aboriginal; indigenous. 2. Geology (of rocks) having had their dominant constituents formed in situ, as rock salt. Compare allochthonous. Also, autochthonal, autochthonic… …
50autochthon — [ô täk′thən] n. pl. autochthons or autochthones [ô täk′thə nēz΄] [Gr autochthōn, sprung from the land itself < autos, self + chthōn, earth: see HOMAGE] 1. any of the earliest known inhabitants of a place; aborigine 2. any indigenous animal or… …
