Meanings (ES + gloss)
primordio
The earliest stage of something.
1645, Edmund Waller, “To a very young Lady” (earlier title: “To my young Lady Lucy Sidney”) in Poems, &c. Written upon Several Occasions, and to Several Persons, London: H. Herring…
To this end we see how quickly sundry artes Mechanical were found out in the very prime of the world.
cresta de la ola • culmen • fastigio • mejor momento
The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
Short were her Marriage-Joys; for in the Prime, / Of Youth, her Lord expir’d before his time: […]
When I do count the clock that tells the time, And see the brave day sunk in hideous night; When I behold the violet past prime, And sable curls all silver’d o'er with white;
Phrases
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 12747
prime
/pɹaɪ̯m/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
emprimar • imprimar
To apply a coat of primer paint to.
I need to prime these handrails before we can apply the finish coat.
cebar
To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
aparejar • aprestar • cebar • emprimar • imprimar
To prepare; to make ready.
The boys are primed for mischief.
“He’s priming himself,” Osborne whispered to Dobbin, and at length the hour and the carriage arrived for Vauxhall.