PalaeolithicPaleolithicadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌpalɪəˈlɪθɪk/,

/ˌpeɪlɪəˈlɪθɪk/, U.S.

/ˈˌpeɪliəˈlɪθɪk/

Forms: see palaeo- comb. form and -lithic comb. form Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: palaeo- comb. form, -lithic comb. form.

Etymology: < palaeo- comb. form + -lithic comb. form. Compare French paléolithique (1866 as adjective, 1882 as noun, after English). Compare Old Stone Age n. at old adj. Compounds 4, and also Mesolithic adj. and n., Neolithic adj. and n., Archaeolithic adj. at archaeo- comb. form . With sense B. 2 compare palaeolith n.

Archaeology.

A. adj.

1. Of, relating to, or designating the earliest of the three major divisions of the Stone Age (followed successively by the Mesolithic and Neolithic), when primitive stone implements were used, and now regarded as lasting at least 2.5 million years and ending at about the same time as the Pleistocene (c8000 b.c.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of prehistoric periods

prolepticala1646

ante-historical1724

ante-historic1828

lacustrine1830

palaeotherian1831

prehistoric1832

Siwalik1836

megalithic1839

subarctic1846

meta-historical1854

prehistorical1854

lithic1862

protolithic1863

Archaeolithic1865

lacustrian1865

Palaeolithic1865

Mesolithic1866

Hallstatt1869

microlithic1872

palaeocosmic1875

Silurian1875

Miolithic1877

archilithic1879

eneolithic1886

palaeolithical1887

Solutrian1888

eolithic1890

Hallstattian1893

Chellean1894

pre-Palaeolithic1894

palaeolithoid1896

protolithic1896

Siculian1896

Siculic1896

Azilian1899

Acheulean1901

Villanova1901

chalcolithic1902

sub-Neolithic1903

Mesvinian1905

protoneolithic1906

Sicanian1909

Siculan1909

Aurignacian1914

Getulian1914

Châtelperron1915

epipalaeolithic1921

Creswellian1926

Capsian1928

Villanovan1928

Chelleo-Acheulean1930

Abbevillian1934

Swiderian1936

dryas1946

Shamvaian1947

Mazovian1965

Devensian1968

talayotic1974

1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times i. 2 Firstly, that of the Drift; when man shared the possession of Europe with the Mammoth, the Cave bear..and other extinct animals. This we may call the ‘Palæolithic’ period.

1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age Pref. p. x He considers that a glacial period has intervened since the disappearance of paleolithic man.

1927 H. Peake & H. J. Fleure Hunters & Artists iv. 42 The earliest palaeolithic implements..were mostly core implements, fashioned from a block of flint by removing flakes from its surface.

1942 A. H. Brodrick Little China 63 Last of all..comes the Hoabinhian which may stretch back into the Old Stone Age, although nothing unquestionably Palaeolithic has been found.

2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 7 July 25/1 Our Paleolithic ancestors..had to survive frequent famine.

2. depreciative. Frequently with lower-case initial. Belonging to a former era; antiquated, outdated, primitive. Cf. Neolithic adj. 2.In quot. 1957: resembling that of a Palaeolithic human.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated

moth-frettenOE

antiquate?a1425

antique?1532

rusty1549

moth-eaten1551

musty1575

worm-eatenc1575

overyear1584

out of date1589

old-fashioned1592

out of date1592

worm-eat1597

old-fashion1599

ancient1601

outdated1616

out-of-fashion1623

over-aged1623

superannuateda1634

thorough-old1639

overdateda1641

trunk-hosea1643

antiquitated1645

antiquated1654

out-of-fashioned1671

unmodern1731

of the old school1749

auld-farrant1750

old-fangled1764

fossila1770

fogram1772

passé1775

unmodernized1775

oxidated1791

moss-covered1792

square-toeda1797

old-fashionable1807

pigtail1817

behind the times1826

slow1827

fossilized1828

rococo1836

antiquish1838

old-timey1850

out of season1850

moss-grown1851

old style1858

antiqued1859

pigtaily1859

prehistoric1859

backdated1862

played1864

fossiled1866

bygone1869

mossy-backed1870

old-worldly1878

past-time1889

outmoded1896

dated1900

brontosaurian1909

antiquey1926

horse-and-buggy1926

vintage1928

Neolithic1934

time-warped1938

demoded1941

steam age1941

hairy1946

old school1946

rinky-dink1946

time warp1954

Palaeolithic1957

retardataire1958

throwback1968

wally1969

antwacky1975

1957 S. J. Perelman Road to Miltown 240 Orloff, a dashing youngster from the tips of his well-polished boots to his paleolithic forehead.

1978 W. F. Buckley Stained Glass ix. 80 You wouldn't think, would you, that we were the world power with three hundred and sixty nuclear warheads, and the Soviet Union the power with nine paleolithic atomic bombs?

1993 Times 2 July 6/5 The tiny few who yearn for palaeolithic policies have to be left to their worn-out war cries.

2000 M. Barrowcliffe Girlfriend 44 iv. 130 ‘What time is it?’ asked Alice. Gerrard reached into the musty depths of his pocket again for his Palaeolithic digital. ‘Half-past one,’ he said.

B. n.

1. With the. The Palaeolithic period. Also called Old Stone Age.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > prehistoric periods

dark ages1842

Iron Age1845

iron period1847

stone period1849

lithic age1862

Aurignac1863

stone age1864

three ages1866

Palaeolithic1869

Middle Stone Age1870

prehistory1871

stone era1873

Siwalik1877

Neolithic1878

hemera1893

Mesvinian1909

Mesolithic1931

Abbevillian1937

Devensian1968

Creswellian1969

dryas1975

1869 Duke of Argyll Primeval Man iv. 59 They [sc. archaeologists] talk of an Old Stone Age (Palæolithic), and of a Newer Stone Age (Neolithic).

1873 J. W. Dawson Earth & Man xii. 284 The antiquary..imitates the geologist in arranging his human fossils under such names as the ‘Palæolithic’, or period of rude stone implements.

1909 T. E. Peet Stone & Bronze Ages Italy & Sicily v. 123 The pre-Hellenic period in the island, excluding the palaeolithic, is divided into five divisions.

1940 A. W. Grabau Rhythm of Ages xi. 505 There are two outstanding types, Neanderthal man, who lived in the early Palæolithic, and Cro-magnon man, who lived in the later Palæolithic.

1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) x. ii. 402/1 The Palaeolithic was..a time of long-term demographic equilibrium, which gave way to a relatively rapid population expansion with the spread of agriculture.

2. Usually with lower-case initial. = palaeolith n. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > prehistoric tool > [noun]

palaeolith1879

Palaeolithic1888

1888 Amer. Antiquarian 10 123 Information as to the discovery of rude relics resembling paleolithics.

1942 Science 11 Dec. 531/1 In the valley of the Narmada and its tributary, the Orsang, besides microlithic finds, paleolithics have also been discovered for the first time.

3. A human of the Palaeolithic period.

ΚΠ

1911 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 41 478 These old fellows, like other palæolithics, knew only present needs, and when a hollow scraper was wanted, the first implement to hand was sacrificed for it.

1963 Current Anthropol. 4 76/2 Greenman proposes a new hypothesis concerning the migration route of the Palaeolithics in North America.

1994 Amer. Anthropologist 96 421/2 Given the apparently large chronological gap between the Skhul-Qafzeh specimens and the European Upper Palaeolithics.., it would be wise to remain cautious about specific links.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	palaeolithic
释义	PalaeolithicPaleolithicadj.n. Brit. /ˌpalɪəˈlɪθɪk/, /ˌpeɪlɪəˈlɪθɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪliəˈlɪθɪk/ Forms: see palaeo- comb. form and -lithic comb. form Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: palaeo- comb. form, -lithic comb. form. Etymology: < palaeo- comb. form + -lithic comb. form. Compare French paléolithique (1866 as adjective, 1882 as noun, after English). Compare Old Stone Age n. at old adj. Compounds 4, and also Mesolithic adj. and n., Neolithic adj. and n., Archaeolithic adj. at archaeo- comb. form . With sense B. 2 compare palaeolith n. Archaeology. A. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or designating the earliest of the three major divisions of the Stone Age (followed successively by the Mesolithic and Neolithic), when primitive stone implements were used, and now regarded as lasting at least 2.5 million years and ending at about the same time as the Pleistocene (c8000 b.c.). ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of prehistoric periods prolepticala1646 ante-historical1724 ante-historic1828 lacustrine1830 palaeotherian1831 prehistoric1832 Siwalik1836 megalithic1839 subarctic1846 meta-historical1854 prehistorical1854 lithic1862 protolithic1863 Archaeolithic1865 lacustrian1865 Palaeolithic1865 Mesolithic1866 Hallstatt1869 microlithic1872 palaeocosmic1875 Silurian1875 Miolithic1877 archilithic1879 eneolithic1886 palaeolithical1887 Solutrian1888 eolithic1890 Hallstattian1893 Chellean1894 pre-Palaeolithic1894 palaeolithoid1896 protolithic1896 Siculian1896 Siculic1896 Azilian1899 Acheulean1901 Villanova1901 chalcolithic1902 sub-Neolithic1903 Mesvinian1905 protoneolithic1906 Sicanian1909 Siculan1909 Aurignacian1914 Getulian1914 Châtelperron1915 epipalaeolithic1921 Creswellian1926 Capsian1928 Villanovan1928 Chelleo-Acheulean1930 Abbevillian1934 Swiderian1936 dryas1946 Shamvaian1947 Mazovian1965 Devensian1968 talayotic1974 1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times i. 2 Firstly, that of the Drift; when man shared the possession of Europe with the Mammoth, the Cave bear..and other extinct animals. This we may call the ‘Palæolithic’ period. 1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age Pref. p. x He considers that a glacial period has intervened since the disappearance of paleolithic man. 1927 H. Peake & H. J. Fleure Hunters & Artists iv. 42 The earliest palaeolithic implements..were mostly core implements, fashioned from a block of flint by removing flakes from its surface. 1942 A. H. Brodrick Little China 63 Last of all..comes the Hoabinhian which may stretch back into the Old Stone Age, although nothing unquestionably Palaeolithic has been found. 2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 7 July 25/1 Our Paleolithic ancestors..had to survive frequent famine. 2. depreciative. Frequently with lower-case initial. Belonging to a former era; antiquated, outdated, primitive. Cf. Neolithic adj. 2.In quot. 1957: resembling that of a Palaeolithic human. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated moth-frettenOE antiquate?a1425 antique?1532 rusty1549 moth-eaten1551 musty1575 worm-eatenc1575 overyear1584 out of date1589 old-fashioned1592 out of date1592 worm-eat1597 old-fashion1599 ancient1601 outdated1616 out-of-fashion1623 over-aged1623 superannuateda1634 thorough-old1639 overdateda1641 trunk-hosea1643 antiquitated1645 antiquated1654 out-of-fashioned1671 unmodern1731 of the old school1749 auld-farrant1750 old-fangled1764 fossila1770 fogram1772 passé1775 unmodernized1775 oxidated1791 moss-covered1792 square-toeda1797 old-fashionable1807 pigtail1817 behind the times1826 slow1827 fossilized1828 rococo1836 antiquish1838 old-timey1850 out of season1850 moss-grown1851 old style1858 antiqued1859 pigtaily1859 prehistoric1859 backdated1862 played1864 fossiled1866 bygone1869 mossy-backed1870 old-worldly1878 past-time1889 outmoded1896 dated1900 brontosaurian1909 antiquey1926 horse-and-buggy1926 vintage1928 Neolithic1934 time-warped1938 demoded1941 steam age1941 hairy1946 old school1946 rinky-dink1946 time warp1954 Palaeolithic1957 retardataire1958 throwback1968 wally1969 antwacky1975 1957 S. J. Perelman Road to Miltown 240 Orloff, a dashing youngster from the tips of his well-polished boots to his paleolithic forehead. 1978 W. F. Buckley Stained Glass ix. 80 You wouldn't think, would you, that we were the world power with three hundred and sixty nuclear warheads, and the Soviet Union the power with nine paleolithic atomic bombs? 1993 Times 2 July 6/5 The tiny few who yearn for palaeolithic policies have to be left to their worn-out war cries. 2000 M. Barrowcliffe Girlfriend 44 iv. 130 ‘What time is it?’ asked Alice. Gerrard reached into the musty depths of his pocket again for his Palaeolithic digital. ‘Half-past one,’ he said. B. n. 1. With the. The Palaeolithic period. Also called Old Stone Age. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > prehistoric periods dark ages1842 Iron Age1845 iron period1847 stone period1849 lithic age1862 Aurignac1863 stone age1864 three ages1866 Palaeolithic1869 Middle Stone Age1870 prehistory1871 stone era1873 Siwalik1877 Neolithic1878 hemera1893 Mesvinian1909 Mesolithic1931 Abbevillian1937 Devensian1968 Creswellian1969 dryas1975 1869 Duke of Argyll Primeval Man iv. 59 They [sc. archaeologists] talk of an Old Stone Age (Palæolithic), and of a Newer Stone Age (Neolithic). 1873 J. W. Dawson Earth & Man xii. 284 The antiquary..imitates the geologist in arranging his human fossils under such names as the ‘Palæolithic’, or period of rude stone implements. 1909 T. E. Peet Stone & Bronze Ages Italy & Sicily v. 123 The pre-Hellenic period in the island, excluding the palaeolithic, is divided into five divisions. 1940 A. W. Grabau Rhythm of Ages xi. 505 There are two outstanding types, Neanderthal man, who lived in the early Palæolithic, and Cro-magnon man, who lived in the later Palæolithic. 1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) x. ii. 402/1 The Palaeolithic was..a time of long-term demographic equilibrium, which gave way to a relatively rapid population expansion with the spread of agriculture. 2. Usually with lower-case initial. = palaeolith n. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > prehistoric tool > [noun] palaeolith1879 Palaeolithic1888 1888 Amer. Antiquarian 10 123 Information as to the discovery of rude relics resembling paleolithics. 1942 Science 11 Dec. 531/1 In the valley of the Narmada and its tributary, the Orsang, besides microlithic finds, paleolithics have also been discovered for the first time. 3. A human of the Palaeolithic period. ΚΠ 1911 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 41 478 These old fellows, like other palæolithics, knew only present needs, and when a hollow scraper was wanted, the first implement to hand was sacrificed for it. 1963 Current Anthropol. 4 76/2 Greenman proposes a new hypothesis concerning the migration route of the Palaeolithics in North America. 1994 Amer. Anthropologist 96 421/2 Given the apparently large chronological gap between the Skhul-Qafzeh specimens and the European Upper Palaeolithics.., it would be wise to remain cautious about specific links. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1865
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