prehistoric
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Definitions
adjective
- Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.“an ancient city an ancient forest”
- Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.“an ancient author an ancient empire”
- (history) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
- Experienced; versed.
adjective
- (properly) Of or relating to the epoch before written record.
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Synonyms
ante-historicpastprehistoricalunfashionableunstylishout of fashionprehistoryhistoricalancienthistoricprolepticalprimordialprimevalprimitiveantediluvianarchaicpaleolithic