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单词 cavewoman
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cavewomann.

Brit. /ˈkeɪvwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈkeɪvˌwʊmən/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cave n.1, woman n.
Etymology: < cave n.1 + woman n.
1. A prehistoric woman who lived in caves; (more generally) any prehistoric woman. Cf. caveman n. 2a.
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the world > people > protohuman > [noun]
anthropolite1778
Neanderthal man1861
caveman1862
man1863
prehistoric man1863
Pithecanthropus1873
Java man1895
Homo erectus1904
Heidelberg1909
Eoanthropus1912
dawn man1913
Neanderthaler1913
Piltdown man1913
Aurignacian1915
Neanderthalian1920
Rhodesian man1921
Boskopoid1926
Peking man1926
Sinanthropus1927
Piltdown1931
Predmostian1931
Minnesota Man1932
Neanderthaloid1934
Steinheim1935
Gigantopithecus1936
Africanthropus1938
Paranthropus1938
Piltdowner1941
Meganthropus1942
Telanthropus1949
Saldanha Man1953
pithecanthropine1955
Nutcracker Man1959
Homo habilis1964
iceman1972
1886 All Year Round 27 Mar. 125/2 Even the cave-woman had her bone needles wherewith she stitched together mantles of skins.
1932 Social Sci. 7 206/2 A woman and two men go back twenty-five thousand years and live for a while the life of cavemen and cavewomen.
2012 Irish Independent (Nexis) 11 Aug. (Features section) It was hunter-gatherer cavewomen who provided most of the daily food.
2. figurative. A woman considered as resembling a cavewoman (sense 1), esp. in being ill-mannered, uncivilized, unkempt, etc. Cf. caveman n. 2b.Recorded earliest as a modifier.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unmannerliness > unrefined manners or behaviour > person > woman
rouncival1596
rudas1725
1903 E. T. Fowler Place & Power ii. v. 171 Miss St. Just..belonged to the cave-woman species.
1916 A. Bennett These Twain xvii. 363 Would there, indeed, ever be any real tranquillity in his house, with that strange, primeval cave-woman in charge of it?
2015 D. Kelly Death, Taxes, & Cheap Sunglasses xx. 177 I knew my way around guns.., but where technology was concerned I was a total cavewoman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).
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