neolithic

adj

1. Alternative spelling of Neolithic.

   “With this thought in his mind, Challenger gave a contemptuous and condescending consent to the proposal that he should grace with his presence a proceeding which was, in his opinion, more fitted to the stone cabin of a neolithic savage than to the serious attention of one who represented the accumulated culture and wisdom of the human race.”

2. hopelessly outdated

   “What am I supposed to do with this neolithic piece of machinery?”

name

Etymology: From neo- + -lithic. Coined by English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, in 1865 as a refinement of the three-age system.

1. The period of prehistory from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE.

   “Holonyms: Stone Age < prehistory”

   “Meronyms: Pre-Pottery Neolithic, Pre-Pottery Neolithic A, Pre-Pottery Neolithic B”

noun

Etymology: From neo- + -lithic. Coined by English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, in 1865 as a refinement of the three-age system.

1. A person who lived during the New Stone Age.

   “For the Neolithics, the stone was flint, and it's still impressive to see what they were able to achieve with it.”