Neolithic Definition

nēə-lĭthĭk
adjective
Designating or of an Old World cultural period (c. 8000-c. 3500 b.c.) characterized by polished stone tools, pottery, weaving, stock rearing, agriculture, and sometimes megaliths.
Webster's New World

(informal) Hopelessly outdated.

What am I supposed to do with this neolithic piece of machinery?
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noun
The Neolithic Period.
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pronoun

The New Stone Age, from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE.

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Origin of Neolithic

  • From Ancient Greek νέος (neos, “new") + λίθος (lithos, “stone").

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Neolithic Sentence Examples

  • Some neolithic remains have been found at Horsham.

  • The country has been inhabited since the beginning of the Neolithic period.

  • Even the smaller houses, after the Neolithic period, seem also to have been of stone, plastered within.

  • This Neolithic race has consequently been nicknamed " Iberians," and it is now common to speak of the " Iberian " ancestry of the people of Britain, recognizing the racial characteristics of " Iberians " in the" small swarthy Welshman," the " small dark Highlander," and the " Black Celts to the west of the Shannon," as well as in the typical inhabitants of Aquitania and Brittany.

  • Of neolithic remains, arrowheads and other implements are found in some numbers in the deserts.

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