\TROG-luh-dyt\, noun: 1 A member of a primitive people that lived in caves, dens, or holes; a cave dweller 2 One who is regarded as reclusive, reactionary, out of date, or brutish
One of any savage race that dwells in caves, instead of constructing dwellings; a cave dweller
a cave dwelling dug vertically into porous stone The architecture usually consists of an outside building with a door that leads to a descending staircase That opens into a pit, where the fire sits, as well as rooms for storage or livestock Then there is usually a second story where the residents live The common house type of the Draa Valley and Falana
disapproval If you refer to someone as a troglodyte, you mean that they are unsophisticated and do not know very much about anything. He dismissed advocates of a completely free market as economic troglodytes with no concern for the social consequences. someone who lived in a cave in prehistoric times (troglodytae (plural), from , from trogle + dyein )