cave dweller; hermit; primitive person
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Troglodyte Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The wren.
The wren.
(n.)
One of any savage race that dwells in caves, instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller. Most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes.
One of any savage race that dwells in caves, instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller. Most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes.
(n.)
An anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAn anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee.
troglodyte
\trog"lo*dyte\ (?), n. [l. troglodytae, pl., gr. &?; one who creeps into holes; &?; a hole, cavern (fr. &?; to gnaw) + &?; enter: cf. f. troglodyte.]
1. (ethnol.) one of any savage race that dwells in caves, instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller. most of the primitive races of man were troglodytes. in the troglodytes' country there is a lake, for the hurtful water it beareth called the "mad lake."
2. (zo?l.) an anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee.
3. (zo?l.) the wren.
troglodyte
n
1. one who lives in solitude [syn: hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian]
2. someone who dwells in a cave [syn: caveman, cave man, cave dweller ]
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troglodyte mode
Troglodyte, (n.)
Specifically, a cave-dweller of the paleolithic period, after the Tree and before the Flat. A famous community of troglodytes dwelt with David in the Cave of Adullam. The colony consisted of "every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented" -- in brief, all the Socialists of Judah.
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, 1911 (About)Specifically, a cave-dweller of the paleolithic period, after the Tree and before the Flat. A famous community of troglodytes dwelt with David in the Cave of Adullam. The colony consisted of "every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented" -- in brief, all the Socialists of Judah.
1. A member of a primitive people that lived in caves, dens, or holes; a cave dweller. 2. One who is regarded as reclusive, reactionary, out of date, or brutish.
Noun
1. one who lives in solitude
(synonym) hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian
(hypernym) loner, lone wolf, lone hand
(hyponym) John the Baptist, St. John the Baptist
2. someone who dwells in a cave
(synonym) caveman, cave man, cave dweller
(hypernym) primitive, primitive person
Troglodyte Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Troglodyte Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
n. [Commodore] 1. A hacker who never leaves his cubicle. The term `gnoll' (from Dungeons & Dragons) is also reported. 2. A curmudgeon attached to an obsolescent computing environment. The combination `ITS troglodyte' was flung around some during the Usenet and email wringle-wrangle attending the 2.x.x revision of the Jargon File; at least one of the people it was intended to describe adopted it with pride.
Troglodyte Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Troglodyte may refer to:
- Troglodytae or Troglodyti, an ancient group of people from the African Red Sea coast
- Troglodites, a fictional tribe described in Montesquieu's Persian Letters, supposedly descending from the ancient Troglodytae
- Homo troglodytes, an invalid taxon coined by Carl Linnaeus to refer to a legendary creature
- Caveman, a stock character based upon widespread concepts of the way in which early prehistoric humans may have looked and behaved
- Troglodyte (Dungeons & Dragons), a race of humanoid monsters in the game Dungeons & Dragons
- Troglodyte, a 2009 film also known as Sea Beast
- "Troglodyte (Cave Man)", a funk song by the Jimmy Castor Bunch on their 1972 album It's Just Begun
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