The Only Use of
primeval
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- 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
Definition:
ancient (of or from a long time ago); or having existed from ancient times