elemental

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Synonyms for elemental

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Word Origin & History

late 15c., "pertaining to the four elements," from Medieval Latin elementalis, from Latin elementum (see element). Meaning "simple, uncomplicated" is from 1550s; that of "relating to first principles" is from 1570s. The noun in the occult sense is from 1877.

Example Sentences for elemental

Good Indian laughed at her, a laugh of pure, elemental joy in life and in love.

But along the edge of the oven were graven the signs of the eight elemental forces.

The majesty of Fact is on their side, and the elemental forces of Nature are working for them.

But the simple measure of nationality is severely natural and elemental.

And with this certainty surely we have all that is necessary for an elemental religion.

The elemental disturbances in the Sierras are sometimes of a terrific nature.

With the deluge, the elemental battle began in desperate earnest.

It is man who, in a chance phrase, interprets the elemental passion of his enemy.

It might be an action of dismissal, or an appeal to the elemental forces.

There was a note of elemental savagery in the weakened voice.

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Synonyms for elemental

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