What does troglodyte mean?

Definitions for troglodyte
ˈtrɒg ləˌdaɪttroglodyte

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodytenoun

    one who lives in solitude

  2. caveman, cave man, cave dweller, troglodytenoun

    someone who lives in a cave

Wiktionary

  1. troglodytenoun

    A member of a supposed prehistoric race that lived in caves or holes, a caveman.

  2. troglodytenoun

    Anything that lives underground.

    The cave was populated by albino scorpions, blind salamanders, and other troglodytes.

  3. troglodytenoun

    A reclusive, reactionary or out-of-date person, especially if brutish.

  4. troglodytenoun

    A person who chooses not to keep up-to-date with the latest software and hardware.

  5. Etymology: From troglodyta, from τρωγλοδύτης, from τρώγλη + δύω.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Troglodytenoun

    One who inhabits caves of the earth.

    Etymology: τρωγλοδυτὴς.

    Procure me a troglodyte footman, who can catch a roe at his full speed. Scriblerus Club , Mart. Scrib.

ChatGPT

  1. troglodyte

    A troglodyte is a term that originally referred to a prehistoric cave dweller, or any person who lived in a cave. In modern usage, it often refers metaphorically to someone who is regarded as being deliberately ignorant or old-fashioned. It can also refer to certain species of animals that live in caves or underground.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Troglodytenoun

    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. Troglodytenoun

    an anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee

  3. Troglodytenoun

    the wren

Wikidata

  1. Troglodyte

    The troglodytes is a fictional race of primitive reptilian humanoids in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Troglodyte

    trog′lō-dīt, n. a cave-dweller.—adjs. Trog′lodyte, Troglodyt′ic, -al, cave-dwelling.—n. Trog′lodytism. [Fr.,—Gr. trōglodytēstrōglē, a cave, dyein, to enter.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  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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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of troglodyte in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of troglodyte in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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