pre-mann.adj.

(in sense A.)Brit.

/ˈpriːman/, U.S.

/ˈpriˌmæn/ (in sense B.)Brit.

/ˌpriːˈman/, U.S.

/ˌpriˈmæn/

Inflections: Plural pre-men.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, man n.¹

Etymology: < pre- prefix + man n.¹ With use as adjective compare earlier prehuman adj.

A. n.

A hominid or manlike creature that lived before the appearance of true human beings; an evolutionary precursor of human beings.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > protohuman > transitional types > [noun]

apeman1864

Pithecanthropus1873

Cro-Magnon1892

protohuman1899

pre-man1903

prehuman1922

prehominid1939

1903 Science 22 May 821/2 Professor Holmes said that we can now almost safely go back along the lines marked out by Professor Ward and depict pre-man.

1921 H. G. Wells Short Stories (1927) 687 Men, our ancestors, had their first glimpse of the pre-men of the wilderness.

1953 J. S. Huxley Evol. in Action vi. 136 We can distinguish..three stages in the physical evolution of man. First, the deployment of the pre-men.

1971 J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xxxiii. 457 Up to the stage that may be called pre-man (Australopithecus) the changes were gradual.

1992 Current Anthropol. 33 27/2 The biological base of preman's minimal thresholds of adaptation.

B. adj.

Living or occurring before the appearance of humankind; = prehuman adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > protohuman > transitional types > [adjective]

prehuman1844

protohuman1899

pre-man1912

prehominid1940

hominine1957

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > pre-human

pre-Adamite1675

pre-Adamitical1678

pre-Adamitic1789

pre-Adamic1836

prehuman1844

pre-man1912

1912 Science 2 Aug. 152/2 The negro may have inherited his dark skin from his pigmented pre-man ancestors.

1947 Sci. Illustr. Sept. 60/1 Desert so devoid of life that it takes the visitor back to pre-man time on earth.

1977 Time 7 Nov. 48/1 Leakey has found more and better pre-man and early man fossils than any other anthropologist.

2003 Orange County (Calif.) (Nexis) 13 Mar. Experts say that such restoration projects typically try to create a representative habitat, rather than restoring the pre-man features.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	pre-man
释义	pre-mann.adj. (in sense A.)Brit. /ˈpriːman/, U.S. /ˈpriˌmæn/ (in sense B.)Brit. /ˌpriːˈman/, U.S. /ˌpriˈmæn/ Inflections: Plural pre-men. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, man n.¹ Etymology: < pre- prefix + man n.¹ With use as adjective compare earlier prehuman adj. A. n. A hominid or manlike creature that lived before the appearance of true human beings; an evolutionary precursor of human beings. ΘΚΠ the world > people > protohuman > transitional types > [noun] apeman1864 Pithecanthropus1873 Cro-Magnon1892 protohuman1899 pre-man1903 prehuman1922 prehominid1939 1903 Science 22 May 821/2 Professor Holmes said that we can now almost safely go back along the lines marked out by Professor Ward and depict pre-man. 1921 H. G. Wells Short Stories (1927) 687 Men, our ancestors, had their first glimpse of the pre-men of the wilderness. 1953 J. S. Huxley Evol. in Action vi. 136 We can distinguish..three stages in the physical evolution of man. First, the deployment of the pre-men. 1971 J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xxxiii. 457 Up to the stage that may be called pre-man (Australopithecus) the changes were gradual. 1992 Current Anthropol. 33 27/2 The biological base of preman's minimal thresholds of adaptation. B. adj. Living or occurring before the appearance of humankind; = prehuman adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > protohuman > transitional types > [adjective] prehuman1844 protohuman1899 pre-man1912 prehominid1940 hominine1957 the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > pre-human pre-Adamite1675 pre-Adamitical1678 pre-Adamitic1789 pre-Adamic1836 prehuman1844 pre-man1912 1912 Science 2 Aug. 152/2 The negro may have inherited his dark skin from his pigmented pre-man ancestors. 1947 Sci. Illustr. Sept. 60/1 Desert so devoid of life that it takes the visitor back to pre-man time on earth. 1977 Time 7 Nov. 48/1 Leakey has found more and better pre-man and early man fossils than any other anthropologist. 2003 Orange County (Calif.) (Nexis) 13 Mar. Experts say that such restoration projects typically try to create a representative habitat, rather than restoring the pre-man features. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1903
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