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单词 troglodyte
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troglodyten.adj.

Brit. /ˈtrɒɡlədʌɪt/, /ˈtrəʊɡlədʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈtrɑɡləˌdaɪt/
Forms: Also 1500s–1700s -ite.
Etymology: < Latin trōglodyta, < Greek τρωγλοδύτης, < τρώγλη hole + δύειν to get or go into.
1. One of various races or tribes of men (chiefly ancient or prehistoric) inhabiting caves or dens (natural or artificial); a cave-dweller, cave-man.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > cave-dweller
troglodyte1555
troglodytan1607
subterranean1631
caveman1706
cave-dweller1865
trog1965
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > cave-dweller > prehistoric
caveman1862
troglodyte1863
1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. vi. 93 The Troglodites myne them selues caues in the grounde, wherin to dwell.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. iii. §14. 61 Which Regions..(I meane that of Niger, and that of Prester Iohn, and the Troglodytes).
1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell x. 135 They were Troglodites, and had no dwelling but in the hollowes of the rocks.
1842 W. C. Taylor Student's Man. Anc. Hist. (ed. 3) xii. §4. 336 Some.. Cappadocians were and continue to be Troglodytes, or dwellers in caves.
1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) I. i. ix. 251 The Troglodytes of post-pliocene ages.
2. Applied to various species of animals.
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a. Some kind of deer or other horned quadruped. Obsolete.
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b. A bird of the genus Troglodytes; a wren. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
c. An anthropoid ape of the genus Troglodytes, as a gorilla or chimpanzee.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > member of superfamily Hominoidea (apes and humans) > family Pongidae (ape) > genus Gorilla (gorilla)
pongo1625
troglodyte1774
gorilla1853
gorilloid1946
silverback1964
the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > member of superfamily Hominoidea (apes and humans) > family Pongidae (ape) > genus Pan or chimpanzee
pongo1625
mock-man1697
chimpanzee1738
mandrill1744
troglodyte1774
koolookamba1860
chimp1877
bonobo1955
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. B The hornes, in the stagge are ramous,..the Phrygian have moveable hornes, the Troglodyte direct to the earth.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Troglodytes or Passer Troglodytes, a little Bird call'd a Wren.]
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 189 Ourang Outang, or Wild Man of the Woods..the Troglodyte of Bontius, the Drill of Purchas, and the Pygmy of Tyson, have all received this general name.
d. Applied allusively to an animal or plant.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by habitat or breeding place > that dwells in caves
troglodyte1817
1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xxi. 265 The caterpillar of another moth (Noctua subterranea, F.)..remains, a true Troglodyte,..in its cell under ground.
1845 H. W. Longfellow To a Child 99 The cavernous..homes Of wandering..tribes of ants..These hapless Troglodytes.
1856 L. H. Grindon Life (1875) iii. 29 That sullen troglodyte, the Lathræa, of the woods.
3. figurative. A person who lives in seclusion, unacquainted with the affairs of the world; a ‘hermit’. Also: a person who lives in a hovel or slum; one considered to be like a prehistoric cave-dweller.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [noun] > person
anchorite?1614
solitarian1655
retirer1678
solitaire1716
recluse1751
solitarya1763
hermit1799
troglodyte1854
umbratile1888
cop-out1969
1854 H. Rogers Ess. II. i. 11 Some would make him..such a very Troglodyte in metaphysics that he was not properly acquainted even with such writers as Descartes or Hobbes.
1879 G. Macdonald in Graphic Christmas No. 5 The girl who had been from her very birth a troglodyte, stood in the glory of a southern night.
1905 Westm. Rev. Feb. 3 A belief worthy only of troglodytes inaccessible to Imperial..thought.
4. attributive or adj. That is a troglodyte, cave-dwelling; of or belonging to a troglodyte or troglodytes.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > dwelling in cave
troglodytic1676
troglodyte1704
spelaean1839
troglodytical1841
cavernicolous1889
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [adjective] > cave-dweller
troglodytic1585
troglodyte1827
troglodytal1845
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [adjective] > cave or underground dwelling
troglodytic1585
troglodyte1827
troglodytal1845
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub x. 186 Hear the Words of the famous Troglodyte Philosopher.
1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 229 Troglodyte Rail... These inhabit New Zealand.
1827 J. S. Buckingham Trav. Mesopotamia I. 58 Large caves, and smaller grottoes;..any other Troglodyte habitations.
1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. vi. 119 Aboriginal man, of troglodyte or kindred habits.

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Hence (or from the Latin or Greek):
ˈtrogloˌdytal adj. pertaining to or characteristic of a troglodyte.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [adjective] > cave-dweller
troglodytic1585
troglodyte1827
troglodytal1845
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [adjective] > cave or underground dwelling
troglodytic1585
troglodyte1827
troglodytal1845
1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. i. 186 Coming up from their dark troglodital abodes.
ˈtroglodytan n. Obsolete = 1.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > cave-dweller
troglodyte1555
troglodytan1607
subterranean1631
caveman1706
cave-dweller1865
trog1965
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 287 People of Arabia..which some..call Ichthyophagans, and Trogloditans.
ˈtroglodytish adj. resembling or characteristic of a troglodyte.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective]
moodyc1300
distemprec1374
melancholiana1393
solein1399
darkc1440
gloomingc1440
girning1447
melancholyc1450
tetrical1528
tetric1533
distemperate1548
morose1565
sullen1570
stunt1581
humorous1590
gloomya1593
muddy1592
clum1599
dortya1605
humoursome1607
distempereda1616
musty1620
grum1640
agelastic1666
fusty1668
purdy1668
ill-humoured1693
gurly1721
mumpish1721
sunking1724
tetricous1727
sumphish1728
stunkard1737
sulky1744
muggard1746
farouche1765
sombrea1767
glumpy1780
glumpish1800
tiffy1810
splenitive1815
stuffy1825
liverish1828
troglodytish1866
glummy1884
humpy1889
scowly1951
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > morose or sulking
solein1399
morose1565
sulky1744
sulkinga1777
troglodytish1866
troglodytic1871
1866 Sat. Rev. 3 Mar. 256/2 The most perfect type of troglodytish women does not care even for theology or religion.
ˈtroglodyˌtism n. the condition of a troglodyte, the habit of dwelling in caves.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [noun] > a cave
troglodytism1867
1867 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 557/1 Perhaps we shall not be far wrong if we regard Troglodytism as the primitive state of all..mankind.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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