English Explanatory Dictionary

troglodytic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to troglodytes, or dwellers in caves.
  2. Like or befitting a troglodyte; brutish, backwards, etc.

Word forms

troglodytic more troglodytic most troglodytic trogloditic

Etymology

From Latin troglodyticus, Ancient Greek τρωγλοδυτικός (trōglodutikós, “of cave-/hole-dwellers”) from τρωγλοδύτης (trōglodútēs, “cave-/hole-dweller”) from τρώγλη (trṓglē, “hole”) + δύω (dúō, “enter, go into”), equivalent to troglodyte + -ic.

Synonyms

troglodytish
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