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prehistoric

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pre·his·tor·ic  (prh-stôrk, -str-) also pre·his·tor·i·cal (--kl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or belonging to the era before recorded history.
2. Of or relating to a language before it is first recorded in writing.

prehis·tori·cal·ly adv.

prehistoric [ˌpriːhɪˈstɒrɪk], prehistorical
adj
(Historical Terms) of or relating to man's development before the appearance of the written word
prehistorically  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.prehistoric - belonging to or existing in times before recorded history; "prehistoric settlements"; "prehistoric peoples"
past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"
2.prehistoric - of or relating to times before written history; "prehistoric archeology"
3.prehistoric - no longer fashionable; "my mother has these prehistoric ideas about proper clothes"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
unfashionable, unstylish - not in accord with or not following current fashion; "unfashionable clothes"; "melodrama of a now unfashionable kind"

prehistoric
adjective
1. earliest, early, primitive, primordial, primeval prehistoric cave painting
2. antiquated, ancient, out of date, archaic, antediluvian, out of the ark (informal) The engine was based on almost prehistoric technology.
Translations
prehistoric [ˈpriːhɪsˈtɒrɪk] ADJprehistórico

prehistoric [ˌpriːhɪˈstɒrɪk] adj [times, cave, man, animals, paintings] → préhistorique

prehistoric
adj
(fig)mittelalterlich, uralt; it is based on almost prehistoric technologyes basiert auf geradezu mittelalterlicher Technologie

prehistoric [ˌpriːhɪˈstɒrɪk] adjpreistorico/a

prehistoric
adj prehistoric [priːiˈstorik]
of, or belonging to, the time before recorded history a prehistoric monster. prehistories مُتَعَلِّق بما قَبْل التاريخ праисторически pravěký forhistorisk prähistorisch προϊστορκός prehistórico eelajalooline وابسته به ماقبل تاریخ esihistoriallinen préhistorique פְּרֶה-הִיסטוֹרִי प्रागैतिहासिक pretpovijesni történelem előtti prasejarah forsögulegur preistorico 先史の 선사 시대의 priešistorinis aizvēsturisks prasejarah voorhistorisch forhistorisk, fortids- prehistoryczny pré-histórico preistoric доисторический praveký, predhistorický predzgodovinski praistorijski förhistorisk ก่อนประวัติศาสตร์ tarih öncesi 史前的 доісторичний ماقبل تاريخ thời tiền sử

prehistoric متعلق بما قبل التاريخ pravěký forhistorisk prähistorisch προϊστορικός prehistórico esihistoriallinen préhistorique prethistorijski preistorico 有史前の 선사시대의 prehistorisch forhistorisk prehistoryczny pré-histórico доисторический förhistorisk ก่อนประวัติศาสตร์ tarih öncesi tiền sử 史前的


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There is one puzzling thing about these prehistoric memories of mine.
Whatever path the lecturer took amid the wilds of the past seemed invariably to lead him to some assertion as to extinct or prehistoric life which instantly brought the same bulls' bellow from the Professor.
La knew that she was beautiful--and she was beautiful, not by the standards of prehistoric Atlantis alone, but by those of modern times was La physically a creature of perfection.
 
 
 
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