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.
Origin:
1545–55; < Latin trōglodyta < Greek trōglodýtēs one who creeps into holes, cave dweller, equivalent to trōglo- (combining form of trṓglē a gnawed hole; compare trogon) + dý ( ein ) to creep into + -tēs agent suffix
Kristin's no troglodyte: she lives in a house with modern conveniences.
1545–55; < Latin trōglodyta < Greek trōglodýtēs one who creeps into holes, cave dweller, equivalent to trōglo- (combining form of trṓglē a gnawed hole; compare trogon) + dý ( ein ) to creep into + -tēs agent suffix
Kristin's no troglodyte: she lives in a house with modern conveniences.
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