Over in the BBQ Pit there’s a fun thread I pit thee, SDMB Cafe Society Troglodytes that had me a little baffled in that I guess the last time I had much occasion to use the word (a couple of generations ago) it was in the first sense of the definitions found at http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/troglodyte which says:
troglodyte
One entry found.
Main Entry: trog·lo·dyte
Pronunciation: \ˈträ-glə-ˌdīt\
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin troglodytae, plural, from Greek trōglodytai, from trōglē hole, cave (akin to Greek trōgein to gnaw, Armenian aracem I lead to pasture, graze) + dyein to enter
Date: 1555
1 : a member of any of various peoples (as in antiquity) who lived or were reputed to live chiefly in caves
2 : a person characterized by reclusive habits or outmoded or reactionary attitudes
— trog·lo·dyt·ic \ˌträ-glə-ˈdi-tik\ adjective
or at http://www.thefreedictionary.com/troglodyte which has:
trog·lo·dyte (trgl-dt)
n.
1.
a. A member of a fabulous or prehistoric race of people that lived in caves, dens, or holes.
b. A person considered to be reclusive, reactionary, out of date, or brutish.
2.
a. An anthropoid ape, such as a gorilla or chimpanzee.
b. An animal that lives underground, as an ant or a worm.
[From Latin Trglodytae, a people said to be cave dwellers, from Greek Trglodutai, alteration (influenced by trgl, hole, and -dutai, those who enter) of Trgodutai.]
troglo·dytic (-dtk), troglo·dyti·cal (–kl) adj.
as well as a
Thesaurus
Noun
- troglodyte - one who lives in solitude
recluse, solitudinarian, hermit, solitary
lone hand, lone wolf, loner - a person who avoids the company or assistance of others
- troglodyte - someone who lives in a cave
cave dweller, cave man, caveman
primitive, primitive person - a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
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Now, the point of this thread is to find other synonyms that don’t appear in those sources (I didn’t want to keep looking online if the term has an SDMB significance I wasn’t aware of) or else a better definition than the quoted ones.
Isn’t there a Gulliver’s Travels term that is used synonymously at times?
What are some others that troglodyte makes you think of?
All it made me think of was the old BC comic! Or The Flintstones.