troglodyte

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  1. noun A member of a fabulous or prehistoric race of people that lived in caves, dens, or holes.
  2. noun A person considered to be reclusive, reactionary, out of date, or brutish.
  3. noun An anthropoid ape, such as a gorilla or chimpanzee.
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  • When the light finally went out, photosensitives began to emerge from their hiding places and the cavern was filled with strange whines and clicks and mewlings as the troglodyte inhabitants called uncertainly to each other. —  Flinx In Flux
  • Nothing wrong with living like a troglodyte, he told himself. —  Glory Lane
  • He crouched like a troglodyte while Triv suggested that he transfer his operation into the big sled and the protection of the transparent canopy. —  Survivors
  • The troglodyte is hungry. —  Analog Science Fiction and Fact
  • Maybe that's because I'm a troglodyte, but ... —  CNN Transcript Jul 13, 2006
 

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  1. From Latin Trōglodytae, a people said to be cave dwellers, from Greek Trōglodutai, alteration (influenced by trōglē, hole, and -dutai, those who enter) of Trōgodutai.

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  1. Formerly also troglodite; from French troglodyte =Portuguese troglodyta =Spanish Italian troglodita, from Latin troglodyta, only in plural Troglodytæ, Trogodytæ (as a proper name), from Greek τρωγλοδύτης, cave-dweller, literally ‘one who creeps into holes,’ from τρώγλη, hole, cave, + δύειν, enter, creep into.
 

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/ˈtrɑglədaɪt/
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