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troglodyte

[ trog-luh-dahyt ]

noun

  1. a prehistoric cave dweller.
  2. a person of degraded, primitive, or brutal character.
  3. a person living in seclusion.
  4. a person unacquainted with affairs of the world.
  5. an animal living underground.


troglodyte

/ ˈtrɒɡləˌdaɪt; ˌtrɒɡləˈdɪtɪk /

noun

  1. a cave dweller, esp one of the prehistoric peoples thought to have lived in caves
  2. informal.
    a person who lives alone and appears eccentric
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • troglodytic, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ٰDz··· [trog-l, uh, -, dit, -ik], ٰDzl·i· adjective
  • ٰDz··· [trog, -l, uh, -dahy-tiz-, uh, m], noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of troglodyte1

First recorded in 1545–55; from Latin ٰōǻٲ, from Greek ٰōǻýŧ “one who creeps into holes, cave dweller,” equivalent to ٰō- (combining form of ٰṓgŧ “a hole formed by gnawing”; trogon ) + ý(𾱲) “to creep into” + agent suffix
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of troglodyte1

C16: via Latin from Greek ٰōǻܳŧ one who enters caves, from ٰōŧ hole + duein to enter
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Students and administrators alike hate him, and the feeling is mutual; terms Hunham describes his overprivileged charges with range from “genuine troglodytes” to “snarling Visigoths.”

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And a good thing too, since in Paul’s own estimation, Barton boys are, with rare exception, a hopeless bunch of “philistines,” “reprobates,” “troglodytes,” “degenerates,” “hormonal vulgarians,” “fetid layabouts” and “snarling Visigoths.”

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It doesn’t mean all men are violent troglodytes, or that women don’t use guns, too.

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I believe I once heard him utter the word troglodyte.

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It describes Trump and his raging troglodyte incompetents, who use social media to try and terrify us into the submission they could not achieve with traditional media.

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