prehistoricadjective
uk/ˌpriː.hɪˈstɒr.ɪk/us/ˌpriː.hɪˈstɔːr.ɪk/describing the period before there were written records:
prehistoric man/humans/animals
Painting originated in prehistoric times.
informal disapproving very old-fashioned:
He has prehistoric views about women who have careers.
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Prehistory
- Australopithecus
- broch
- brontosaurus
- carboniferous
- caveman
- mesolithic
- neolithic
- Ordovician
- Palaeogene
- palaeolithic
- prehistory
- primaeval
- primal
- primeval
- primitive
- stegosaurus
- stone-age
- the Anthropocene
- troglodyte
- tyrannosaurus
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Old or old-fashioned