Monday, April 12, 2004

Dictionary.com/Troglodyte: "Troglodyte.
trog•lo•dyte

(noun )

1.
(a) A member of a fabulous or prehistoric race of people that lived in caves, dens, or holes.
(b) A person considered to be reclusive, reactionary, out of date, or brutish.

2.
(a) An anthropoid ape, such as a gorilla or chimpanzee.
(b) An animal that lives underground, as an ant or a worm.



[From Latin Trglodytae, a people said to be cave dwellers, from Greek Trglodutai, alteration (influenced by trgl, hole, and -dutai, those who enter), of Trgodutai.]

troglo�dytic (-dtk) or troglo�dyti�cal (--kl) adj."

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