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primitivus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • original adj The first of its kind, existing before any copies.
  • primitive adj Belonging to an early stage of development; basic or unrefined.

Senses

primitivus is used for these senses in English:

  • original (not comparable) Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.

original — full definition

  1. adj The first of its kind, existing before any copies.
  2. adj Fresh, inventive, and not copied from anything else.
  3. noun The very first version of something, from which copies are made.
  4. noun An unusually distinctive or eccentric person.

primitive — full definition

  1. adj Belonging to an early stage of development; basic or unrefined.
  2. noun (computing) A basic data type or simple building block from which more complex structures are made.

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