The Only Use of "primeval" in "The Scarlet Letter"

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The Only Use

primeval
in
The Scarlet Letter
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It straggled onward into the mystery of the primeval forest.†
p. 170.1

primeval = ancient

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(1) (primeval)
ancient (of or from a long time ago); or having existed from ancient times
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)