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troglodita

/tɾoɡloˈdita/

adjective/tɾoɡloˈdita/

subterranean life; barbarous, cruel (of a person)

Learned borrowing from Latin Trōglodytae (“cave-dwelling people”), from Ancient Greek τρωγλοδύτης (trōglodútēs, “one who dwells in holes”), from τρώγλη (trṓglē, “hole”) + δύω (dúō, “to get into”).

noun, masculine/feminine/tɾoɡloˈdita/plural: trogloditas

troglodyte; caveman or cavewoman

Learned borrowing from Latin Trōglodytae (“cave-dwelling people”), from Ancient Greek τρωγλοδύτης (trōglodútēs, “one who dwells in holes”), from τρώγλη (trṓglē, “hole”) + δύω (dúō, “to get into”).