2020-12-06
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด P – primer & primeval & primitive
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง primer = ‘PRIM-er’ or- British E. = ‘PRAHY-mer’
ออกเสียง primeval = ‘prahy-MEE-vuhl’
ออกเสียง primitive = ‘PRIM-i-tiv’
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
primer
Did You Know?
Primers were once a standard part of every child's education.
The first primer printed in North America,
The New England Primer (ca. 1690), was typical;
it contained many quotations from the Bible and many moral lessons,
and the text was accompanied by numerous woodcutillustrations.
We no longer use the word in early education,
but it's widely used in everyday speech.
Notice how primer is pronounced;
don't mix it up with the kind of paint that's pronounced with a long *i *sound.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Words at Play
PRIMM-er
There are two primers: the older word, meaning “a small book”
or, more broadly, “a short informative piece of writing,”
is pronounced \PRIMM-er\,
while the word meaning “an initial coat of paint”
is pronounced \PRY-mer\.
In British English, both words are pronounced with the long \i\ sound (\EYE\).
Common Errors In English Usage Dictionary
When this word is used in the U.S. to mean “elementary textbook”
it is pronounced with a short “I”: “primmer” (rhymes with “dimmer”).
All other meanings are pronounced with a long “I":
“prymer” (rhymes with “timer”).
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Primeval
Did You Know?
First things first.
"Primeval" comes from the Latin words
primus, meaning "first, and aevum, meaning "age."
In Latin, those terms were brought together to form"primaevus,"
a word that means "of or relating to the earliest ages."
Other English words that descend from"primus"
include "prime" and "primary,"
"primordial" (a synonym of "primeval"), and "primitive."
"Primus" also gave rise to some terms for folks
who are number one in charge, including "prince" and "principal."
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
primeval & primitive
Primeval, a rarely used word, means “original,”
“belonging to the earliest age or ages.”
It is derived from a Latin word meaning “in the first period of life”
and was thus used in Longfellow’s Evangeline: “This is the forest primeval,”
Primitive, from a Latin term meaning “first”or “in the first place,”
is more widely used than primeval
and has several meaning:
(1) “uncivilized” and “savage” (the primitive lusts of mankind),
(2) “of the earliest period” (the primitive beginning of this country),
(3) “unaffected by civilization” (primitive tribal customs),
(4) “crude and unpolished” (primitive living conditions).
Primitive also has certain related meaningwith
special applications in biology, architecture, anthropology, and the fine arts.
Related words
are primordial, prehistoric, primal, pristine, antediluvian, aboriginal and original.
