The Only Use
primeval
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
(Edited)
- After consulting a tree to ascertain from its lichen which way was south, and taking no lip from the subordinates who ventured to correct him, Colonel Maycomb set out on a purposeful journey to rout the enemy and entangled his troops so far northwest in the forest primeval that they were eventually rescued by settlers moving inland.
p. 296.9primeval = ancient
Definitions:
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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)