Eolithic
/ˌiːə(ʊ)ˈlɪθɪk
/adjective Archaeology, dated
1Relating to or denoting a period at the beginning of the Stone Age, preceding the Palaeolithic and characterized by the earliest crude stone tools.By 1869 his scheme for European prehistory was fairly well elaborated and included: the Thenasian (for the now obsolete Eolithic), Chellean, Mousterian, Solutrean, Aurignacian, Magdalenian, and Robenhausian.
1.1 (as noun the Eolithic) The Eolithic period.
Origin
Late 19th century: from French éolithique, from Greek ēōs 'dawn' + lithikos (from lithos 'stone').
Rhymes
- have something coming out of one's ears
- have something in common
- have something off (or down) pat
- have something on good authority
- have something on one's side (or something is on one's side)
- have something (or nothing) to show for
- have something out
- have something to burn
- have something to offer
- have something to one's credit
- have something to say for oneself
- have stars in one's eyes
- have steam coming out of one's ears
- have swallowed a dictionary
- have the advantage of
- have the better of
- have the courage of one's convictions
- have the drop on
- have the face to do something
- have the goodness to do something
- have the heart to do something
- have the hots for
- have the last laugh
- have the legs of
- have the neck to do something