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prehistoric

adj

Etymology

From pre- (“before”) + historic, q.v., similar to slightly earlier ante-historic.

  1. derived from ἱστορικός
  2. derived from historicus
  3. prefixed as prehistoric — “pre + historic”

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to the epoch before written record.

    • Was it then in a pre-historic time that the Romans wandered into these lands?
    • The cartoon image of prehistoric woman being dragged by the hair by her caveman-husband probably conditions the perceptions of archaeologists far more than they realize.

  2. Ancient

    Ancient; very old, outdated, etc.

    • Your idea of a woman is some one who gets on a chair and shrieks if she sees a mouse. That’s all prehistoric.

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Derived

nonprehistoric, prehistoric age, prehistorically

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for prehistoric. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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