prehistoric
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Definition of prehistoric
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Of or relating to the epoch before written record.
“Was it then in a pre-historic time that the Romans wandered into these lands?”
“The cartoon image of prehistoric woman being dragged by the hair by her caveman-husband probably conditions the perceptions of archaeologists far more than they realize.”
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adj
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Of or relating to the epoch before written record.
“Was it then in a pre-historic time that the Romans wandered into these lands?”
“The cartoon image of prehistoric woman being dragged by the hair by her caveman-husband probably conditions the perceptions of archaeologists far more than they realize.”
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Ancient; very old, outdated, etc.
“Your idea of a woman is some one who gets on a chair and shrieks if she sees a mouse. That’s all prehistoric.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From pre- (“before”) + historic, q.v., similar to slightly earlier ante-historic.
Words you can make from prehistoric
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7 words8-letter words
26 words- CHIRPERS 15 pts
- CHIRPIER 15 pts
- PHORETIC 15 pts
- PITCHERS 15 pts
- PITCHIER 15 pts
- POSTICHE 15 pts
- POTICHES 15 pts
- STROPHIC 15 pts
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- HISTORIC 13 pts
- ORCHITIS 13 pts
- RHETORIC 13 pts
- TORCHIER 13 pts
- TROPHIES 13 pts
- CRISPIER 12 pts
- PERIOTIC 12 pts
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7-letter words
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- CHIPSET 14 pts
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- HOSPICE 14 pts
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- PHOTICS 14 pts
- PITCHER 14 pts
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6-letter words
84 words- CERIPH 13 pts
- CHIRPS 13 pts
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- PHOTIC 13 pts
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- CHIROS 11 pts
- CHIRRE 11 pts
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- CHOIRS 11 pts
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- HORSIE 9 pts
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