troglodyte


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
troglodyte /ˈtrɒglədʌɪt/
noun
  • 1 a cave-dweller, especially a primitive or prehistoric one.
  • 2 a person who is deliberately ignorant or old-fashioned.
– derivatives
troglodytic /-ˈdɪtɪk/ adjective,
troglodytism noun.
– origin C15: via L. from Gk trōglodutēs, alt. of the name of an Ethiopian people, influenced by trōglē ‘hole’.
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