primatal

primatal

English

Etymology

From primate +‎ -al. Compare primatial.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹʌɪˈmeɪt(ə)l/

Adjective

primatal (comparative more primatal, superlative most primatal)

1. (zoology, rare) Pertaining to primates.

Noun

primatal (plural primatals)

1. (rare) A primate.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 346:

     ‘She was twelve,’ Van added, ‘and I was a male primatal of fourteen and a half, and we just did not care.’