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prehistoric |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prehistoric \Pre`his*tor"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to a period before written history begins; as the prehistoric ages; prehistoric man. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: prehistoric adj 1: belonging to or existing in times before recorded history; "prehistoric settlements"; "prehistoric peoples" [syn: {prehistorical}] 2: of or relating to times before written history; "prehistoric archeology" 3: (informal) "my mother has these prehistoric ideas about proper clothes" From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: PREHISTORIC, adj Belonging to an early period and a museum. Antedating the art and practice of perpetuating falsehood. He lived in a period prehistoric, When all was absurd and phantasmagoric. Born later when Clio, celestial recorded, Set down great events in succession and order He surely had seen nothing droll or fortuitous In anything here but the lies that she threw at us Orpheus Bowen
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