troglodyticadj.

Brit.

/trɒɡləˈdɪtɪk/,

/trəʊɡləˈdɪtɪk/, U.S.

/ˌtrɑɡləˈdɪdɪk/

Forms: Also 1500s -it-.

Etymology: < Latin trōglodyticus, < Greek τρωγλοδυτικός , < τρωγλοδύτης : see troglodyte n. and -ic suffix.

1. Inhabited or frequented by troglodytes; 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

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xi. 122 b The part of this Arabia bordering vpon Ethyopia by the auncients called Trogloditick.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 36 Upon the Æthiopick or Trogloditick shoar.

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 313 In the deep rocky valley of Ispica, are cliffs cut out into numerous habitations... This curious Troglodytic city, still occupied by a few peasants.

1874 W. H. Withrow Catacombs of Rome (1877) 152 So habituated did he become to this troglodytic existence.

2. Having the habits of a troglodyte; cave-dwelling.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > dwelling in cave

troglodytic1676

troglodyte1704

spelaean1839

troglodytical1841

cavernicolous1889

1676 J. Evelyn Let. 8 Feb. in J. Aubrey Nat. Hist. Surrey (1719) I. sig. A6^v In the sandy Banks about Albury, do breed the Trogladytic Martines, who make their Boroughs in the Earth.

1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 698/2 Many parts of the Mediterranean shores were anciently possessed by Troglodytic nations.

1894 Windle Tyson's Philol. Ess. Pygmies Introd. i. 21 These tribes..are said to be pigmy in stature, troglodytic, and still in the Stone Age.

3. Resembling a troglodyte; of a degraded type like the cave-dwellers; also figurative not interested in or conversant with affairs.

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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > morose or sulking

solein1399

morose1565

sulky1744

sulkinga1777

troglodytish1866

troglodytic1871

1871 J. A. Symonds in Life (1895) II. 77 Uttering..these little bat squeaks of a Troglodytic creature.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Strange Case Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde ii. 25 God bless me, the man seems hardly human! Something troglodytic..?

1910 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 169/2 A respectable troglodytic peer.

Derivatives

trogloˈdytical adj.

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