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Feb. 08, 2017
troglodyte\TROG-luh-dahyt\noun
1. a person of degraded, primitive, or brutal character.
2. a prehistoric cave dweller.
QuotesIn 1964, he published his big book, âUnderstanding Media,â in
which he took to task technological troglodytes like White and
Boorstin.
-- Louis Menand, "Masters of the Matrix," The New Yorker, January 5,
2004
Origin of troglodyteThe Greeks themselves confused trÅglodýtai
âcave dwellersâ with TrÅgodýtai, the name of an Ethiopian people
mentioned by Herodotus and in the Septuagint. Troglodyte entered
English in the mid-16th century.More From Dictionary.comSubmit a
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