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caveman

noun
/ˈkeɪvˌmæn/US

Etymology

From cave + man, based on the supposition that early humans dwelt in caves.

  1. inherited from *mon-✻ — “human being, man”
  2. inherited from *mann-✻ — “man”
  3. inherited from *mann✻
  4. inherited from mann — “human being, person, man”
  5. inherited from man
  6. compounded as caveman — “cave + man”

Definitions

  1. An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.

    • The political cartoon showed the politician as a caveman, clubbing the budget depicted as a mammoth.
    • CAVEMAN DIET The creators of this nutrition plan believe that cavemen and cavewomen were lean and healthy because of the all-natural foods they ate.
    • And who could forget those ads that featured sophisticated cavemen who were insulted—in a parody on political correctness—by “insensitive” offenders who implied that some action was “so easy, a caveman could do it.”

  2. A person with backward, primitive behavior, opinions, or interests.

    • You think your Caveman is always chasing you for sex. Well, he is.

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Derived

caveman drums, cavemanlike, cavemannish, cavemanny, caveman stage

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA