prehistoricとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From pre- (“before”) +‎ historic, q.v., similar to slightly earlier ante-historic.

発音

• 韻: -ɒɹɪk

形容詞

prehistoric (comparative more prehistoric, superlative most prehistoric)

1. (properly) Of or relating to the epoch before written record.
   • 1832 October, Foreign Quarterly Review, p. 369:

     Was it then in a pre-historic time that the Romans wandered into these lands?

   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 137:

     The cartoon image of prehistoric woman being dragged by the hair by her caveman-husband probably conditions the perceptions of archaeologists far more than they realize.

2. (inexact or humorous) Ancient; very old, outdated, etc.

同意語

• ante-historic

派生語

• prehistorically
• prehistoric age

関連する語

• prehistory

派生した語

• French: préhistorique