| source : web1913 |
Troglodyte \Trog"lo*dyte\, n. [L. troglodytae, pl., Gr. ? one
who creeps into holes; ? a hole, cavern (fr. ? to gnaw) + ?
enter: cf. F. troglodyte.]
1. (Ethnol.) One of any savage race that dwells in caves,
instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller. Most of
the primitive races of man were troglodytes.
In the troglodytes' country there is a lake, for the
hurtful water it beareth called the ``mad lake.''
--Holland.
2. (Zo["o]l.) An anthropoid ape, as the chimpanzee.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The wren.
| source : wn |
troglodyte
n 1: one who lives in solitude [syn: {hermit}, {recluse}]
2: someone who dwells in a cave [syn: {caveman}, {cave man}, {cave
dweller}]
| source : jargon |
troglodyte n. [Commodore] 1. A hacker who never leaves his
cubicle. The term `gnoll' (from Dungeons & Dragons) is also reported.
2. A curmudgeon attached to an obsolescent computing environment.
The combination `ITS troglodyte' was flung around some during the Usenet
and email wringle-wrangle attending the 2.x.x revision of the Jargon
File; at least one of the people it was intended to describe adopted it
with pride.
| source : foldoc |
troglodyte
<jargon> (Commodore) 1. A hacker who never leaves his cubicle.
The term "Gnoll" (from Dungeons & Dragons) is also reported.
2. A curmudgeon attached to an obsolescent computing
environment. The combination "ITS troglodyte" was flung
around some during the {Usenet} and {e-mail} wringle-wrangle
attending the 2.x.x revision of the {Jargon File}; at least
one of the people it was intended to describe adopted it with
pride.
[{Jargon File}]
(1995-01-11)
| source : devils |
TROGLODYTE, n. Specifically, a cave-dweller of the paleolithic
period, after the Tree and before the Flat. A famous community of
troglodytes dwelt with David in the Cave of Adullam. The colony
consisted of "every one that was in distress, and every one that was
in debt, and every one that was discontented" -- in brief, all the
Socialists of Judah.