Associations to the word «Troglodytes»

Wiktionary

TROGLODYTE, noun. A member of a supposed prehistoric race that lived in caves or holes, a caveman.
TROGLODYTE, noun. (by extension) Anything that lives underground.
TROGLODYTE, noun. A reclusive, reactionary or out-of-date person, especially if brutish.
TROGLODYTE, noun. The wren, Troglodytes troglodytes.
TROGLODYTE, noun. (computing) A person who chooses not to keep up-to-date with the latest software and hardware.

Dictionary definition

TROGLODYTE, noun. One who lives in solitude.
TROGLODYTE, noun. Someone who lives in a cave.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats