troglodytic

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troglodytic

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From Latin troglodyticus, Ancient Greek τρωγλοδυτικός (trōglodutikós, “of cave-/hole-dwellers”) from τρωγλοδύτης (trōglodútēs, “cave-/hole-dweller”) from τρώγλη (trṓglē, “hole”) + δύω (dúō, “enter, go into”), equivalent to troglodyte + -ic.

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Of or pertaining to troglodytes, or dwellers in caves. Foremost of all, of course, were the sight of the fiery caves and the certainty that some troglodytic race inhabited them.
Similar: troglodytish
Like or befitting a troglodyte; brutish, backwards, etc. ‘There is something more, if I could find a name for it. God bless me, the man seems hardly human! Something troglodytic, shall we say? or can it be the old story of Dr. Fell? or is it the mere radiance of a foul soul that thus transpires through, and transfigures, its clay continent? The last, I th

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@misc{troglodytic_2026,
  title = {troglodytic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/troglodytic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}