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1. (n.) troglodyte
a prehistoric cave dweller.
2. troglodyte
a person of degraded, primitive, or brutal character.
3. troglodyte
a person living in seclusion; hermit.
4. troglodyte
an extremely old-fashioned or conservative person; a reactionary.
5. troglodyte
an animal living underground.
Etymology: (1545–55; < L trōglodyta < Gk trōglodýtēs one who creeps into holes, cave dweller =trōglo-, comb. form of trṒglē a gnawed hole (cf. trogon ) +dý(ein) to creep into +-tēs agent suffix)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte
one who lives in solitude
2. (noun) caveman, cave man, cave dweller, troglodyte
someone who lives in a cave
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) troglodyte
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
2. (noun) troglodyte
an anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee
3. (noun) troglodyte
the wren
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. troglodyte
[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.
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