单词 | paleolith |
释义 | paleolith in British English (ˈpælɪəʊˌlɪθ) noun a variant spelling of palaeolith paleolith in American English (ˈpeɪliəˌlɪθ) noun an unpolished Pleistocene stone tool Word origin paleo- + -lithpaleolith in American English (ˈpeiliəlɪθ, esp Brit ˈpæli-) noun a paleolithic stone implement Word origin [1875–80; paleo- + -lith]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: hat trick, massage, neoclassic, overdraft, pressure point-lith is a combining form meaning “stone” (acrolith; megalith; paleolith); it sometimes occurs in words as a variant form of -lite (batholith; laccolith) |
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