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An erroneous form of primigenial. The primogenial light which at first was diffused over the face of the unfashion'd chaos. Glanville, Vanity of Dogmatizing, 1. Noon stands eternal here; here may thy sight Drink in the rays of primogenial light. Watts, Paradise.

_ "That form of the first or primogenial Earth, which rise immediately out of chaos." — The Grammar of English Grammars
_ "That form of the first or primogenial Earth, which _rose_ immediately out of chaos." — The Grammar of English Grammars
And who upon this survey can forbear to wish, that these fundamental atoms of our speech might obtain the firmness and immutability of the primogenial and constituent particles of matter, that they might retain their substance while they alter their appearance, and be varied and compounded, yet not destroyed? — The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces