pre-Palaeolithicpre-Paleolithicadj.

Brit.

/priːˌpalɪəˈlɪθɪk/,

/priːˌpeɪlɪəˈlɪθɪk/, U.S.

/priˌpeɪliəˈlɪθɪk/

Forms: see pre- prefix and Palaeolithic adj. and n. Also with capital initial in the first element and with lower-case initial in the second element.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, Palaeolithic adj.

Etymology: < pre- prefix + Palaeolithic adj.

Archaeology.

Of, relating to, or designating the period immediately preceding the Palaeolithic or Early Stone Age.Now rare in technical use, as all early tool-using hominids are now assigned to the Palaeolithic.

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prolepticala1646

ante-historical1724

ante-historic1828

lacustrine1830

palaeotherian1831

prehistoric1832

Siwalik1836

megalithic1839

subarctic1846

meta-historical1854

prehistorical1854

lithic1862

protolithic1863

Archaeolithic1865

lacustrian1865

Palaeolithic1865

Mesolithic1866

Hallstatt1869

microlithic1872

palaeocosmic1875

Silurian1875

Miolithic1877

archilithic1879

eneolithic1886

palaeolithical1887

Solutrian1888

eolithic1890

Hallstattian1893

Chellean1894

pre-Palaeolithic1894

palaeolithoid1896

protolithic1896

Siculian1896

Siculic1896

Azilian1899

Acheulean1901

Villanova1901

chalcolithic1902

sub-Neolithic1903

Mesvinian1905

protoneolithic1906

Sicanian1909

Siculan1909

Aurignacian1914

Getulian1914

Châtelperron1915

epipalaeolithic1921

Creswellian1926

Capsian1928

Villanovan1928

Chelleo-Acheulean1930

Abbevillian1934

Swiderian1936

dryas1946

Shamvaian1947

Mazovian1965

Devensian1968

talayotic1974

1894 A. M. Bell in Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 23 276 If man..has risen to his present position from being a wild animal in the wild forest, there must have been some stage in his progress, which we may call the pre-palæolithic stage.

1901 S. E. Mezes Ethics (1910) viii. 162 Practically all the happenings about prepaleolithic men were alive with the deepest mysteries.

1932 Times 1 Aug. 13/6 A small but well-chosen series lent by the Ipswich Museum represents the earliest type of human-worked flints known, the pre-Palaeolithic ‘eoliths’ found in East Anglia.

1934 C. P. Snow Search ii. iv. 190 These causes..are as mysterious to us as your science to a pre-paleolithic man.

1970 Current Anthropol. 11 32/2 The bone fragments of the ‘Prepalaeolithic Culture’ of Roumania clearly show the tooth-marks of carnivores.

1997 Guardian (Nexis) 15 Feb. t67 A relentless pre-Palaeolithic impulse is driving my daughter towards her 15 pregnancies in the cave, followed by death from old age at 31.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pre-palaeolithic
释义	pre-Palaeolithicpre-Paleolithicadj. Brit. /priːˌpalɪəˈlɪθɪk/, /priːˌpeɪlɪəˈlɪθɪk/, U.S. /priˌpeɪliəˈlɪθɪk/ Forms: see pre- prefix and Palaeolithic adj. and n. Also with capital initial in the first element and with lower-case initial in the second element. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, Palaeolithic adj. Etymology: < pre- prefix + Palaeolithic adj. Archaeology. Of, relating to, or designating the period immediately preceding the Palaeolithic or Early Stone Age.Now rare in technical use, as all early tool-using hominids are now assigned to the Palaeolithic. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of prehistoric periods prolepticala1646 ante-historical1724 ante-historic1828 lacustrine1830 palaeotherian1831 prehistoric1832 Siwalik1836 megalithic1839 subarctic1846 meta-historical1854 prehistorical1854 lithic1862 protolithic1863 Archaeolithic1865 lacustrian1865 Palaeolithic1865 Mesolithic1866 Hallstatt1869 microlithic1872 palaeocosmic1875 Silurian1875 Miolithic1877 archilithic1879 eneolithic1886 palaeolithical1887 Solutrian1888 eolithic1890 Hallstattian1893 Chellean1894 pre-Palaeolithic1894 palaeolithoid1896 protolithic1896 Siculian1896 Siculic1896 Azilian1899 Acheulean1901 Villanova1901 chalcolithic1902 sub-Neolithic1903 Mesvinian1905 protoneolithic1906 Sicanian1909 Siculan1909 Aurignacian1914 Getulian1914 Châtelperron1915 epipalaeolithic1921 Creswellian1926 Capsian1928 Villanovan1928 Chelleo-Acheulean1930 Abbevillian1934 Swiderian1936 dryas1946 Shamvaian1947 Mazovian1965 Devensian1968 talayotic1974 1894 A. M. Bell in Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 23 276 If man..has risen to his present position from being a wild animal in the wild forest, there must have been some stage in his progress, which we may call the pre-palæolithic stage. 1901 S. E. Mezes Ethics (1910) viii. 162 Practically all the happenings about prepaleolithic men were alive with the deepest mysteries. 1932 Times 1 Aug. 13/6 A small but well-chosen series lent by the Ipswich Museum represents the earliest type of human-worked flints known, the pre-Palaeolithic ‘eoliths’ found in East Anglia. 1934 C. P. Snow Search ii. iv. 190 These causes..are as mysterious to us as your science to a pre-paleolithic man. 1970 Current Anthropol. 11 32/2 The bone fragments of the ‘Prepalaeolithic Culture’ of Roumania clearly show the tooth-marks of carnivores. 1997 Guardian (Nexis) 15 Feb. t67 A relentless pre-Palaeolithic impulse is driving my daughter towards her 15 pregnancies in the cave, followed by death from old age at 31. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1894
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