troglodyte
a prehistoric cave dweller.
a person of degraded, primitive, or brutal character.
a person living in seclusion.
a person unacquainted with affairs of the world.
an animal living underground.
Origin of troglodyte
1Other words from troglodyte
- trog·lo·dyt·ic [trog-luh-dit-ik], /ˌtrɒg ləˈdɪt ɪk/, trog·lo·dyt·i·cal, adjective
- trog·lo·dyt·ism [trog-luh-dahy-tiz-uhm], /ˈtrɒg lə daɪˌtɪz əm/, noun
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How to use troglodyte in a sentence
Reactionary troglodyte Tea Party embraces the Constitution—says it means government wronging rights.
P.J. O’Rourke: Who Really Actually Wants This Bill of Rights? | P. J. O’Rourke | April 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYou need not be a right-wing troglodyte to see this as a regrettable consequence of progress.
The troglodyte would have clubbed Darling, and later, if the lady played tricks, he would have ended her in the same way.
The Tigress | Anne WarnerThis dim troglodyte industry was in truth the centre and mainspring of all industries, without which trade would stop.
The Wanderings of a Spiritualist | Arthur Conan DoyleThe people have plenty of fowls, and they too obtain shelter in these troglodyte habitations.
Images of gouged out earth, mole hills and a troglodyte's existence in the trenches of Verdun flickered across Bertrand's mind.
The Land of Look Behind | Paul Cameron BrownIn the beginning there must have been in these cliffs natural caves occupied by our earliest troglodyte ancestors.
The Car That Went Abroad | Albert Bigelow Paine
British Dictionary definitions for troglodyte
/ (ˈtrɒɡləˌdaɪt) /
a cave dweller, esp one of the prehistoric peoples thought to have lived in caves
informal a person who lives alone and appears eccentric
Origin of troglodyte
1Derived forms of troglodyte
- troglodytic (ˌtrɒɡləˈdɪtɪk) or troglodytical, adjective
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