† priˈmordiate, a. Obs. rare.
[f. L. prīmordi-us (see next) + -ate2.]
= primordial a.
| 1599 Nashe Lenten Stuffe 15 Farewel the Baylies of the Cynque ports whose primordiat Gethneliaca was also dropping out of my inckhorne. 1680 Boyle Scept. Chem. vi. 356 'Tis not every Thing Chymists will call Salt, Sulphur, or Spirit, that needs alwaies be a Primordiate and Ingenerable body. |