— troglodytic /trog'leuh dit"ik/ , troglodytical , adj. — troglodytism /trog"leuh duy tiz'euhm/ , n.
/trog"leuh duyt'/ , n.
1. a prehistoric cave dweller.
2. a person of degraded, primitive, or brutal character.
3. a person living in seclusion.
4. a person unacquainted with affairs of the world.
5. an animal living underground.
[ 1545-55; troglodyta troglodýtes one who creeps into holes, cave dweller, equiv. to troglo- (comb. form of trógle a gnawed hole; cf. TROGON) + dý ( ein ) to creep into + -tes agent suffix ]