PREHISTORIC


Meaning of PREHISTORIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌprē-(h)is-ˈtȯr-ik, -ˈtär- ]

adjective

also pre·his·tor·i·cal -i-kəl

Date: 1851

1. : of, relating to, or existing in times antedating written history

2. : of or relating to a language in a period of its development from which contemporary records of its sounds and forms have not been preserved

3. : regarded as being outdated or outmoded

prehistoric attitudes

• pre·his·tor·i·cal·ly -i-k(ə-)lē adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.