primal

• The place seems somehow primal, ancient and still forming. —  EBSCOhost
• A tortured, primal, ancient sound that came from some-where down below. —  UglyAmericans
• She wanted this primal, aggressive taking, this taking by her mate. —  Kate Douglas, Lacy Danes, Morgan Hawke - Sexy Beast III
• It is the "primal" sexual position that dates back to the dawn of humans. —  BeanRocket Blog Communities Lastest Posts
• The forces and influences concerned in its evolution may be analyzed as follows: A primal origin in function and a final adaptation to a special function, the carrying and storing of water; a contour full to give capacity, narrow above for safety, and pointed below that it may be set in sand; curves kept within certain bounds by the limitations of construction; and a goodly share of variety, symmetry, and grace, the result to a certain undetermined extent of the esthetic tendencies of the artist's mind. —  A Study Of The Textile Art In Its Relation To The Development Of Form And Ornament Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-'85, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, (pages 189-252)

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