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palaeolithic

palaeolithic is the alternative spelling of Paleolithic.

Meaning of Paleolithic

Adjective

Paleolithic (not comparable)

  1. Of or referring to the Old Stone Age (the Paleolithic period or Paleolithic age).
    • We find material evidences of magical practices in the European caves of the Palæolithic age[.]1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 18
  2. (excessive) Antiquated, antediluvian.
    • Stacked up against ChatGPT’s ability to instantly transform any image into a Studio Ghibli cartoon, Instagram’s photo filters are practically Paleolithic.2025 August 4, Mike Isaac, “A.I. Has Ushered in Silicon Valley’s ‘Hard Tech’ Era”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2025

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Adjective capitalized: Palaeolithic

Palaeolithic (not comparable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of Paleolithic.

Questions about palaeolithic

What is palaeolithic the alternative spelling of?
Palaeolithic is the alternative spelling of Paleolithic.
What part of speech is palaeolithic?
Palaeolithic is an adjective.

Words near palaeolithic in the dictionary

  1. palaeolimnological
  2. palaeolimnologist
  3. palaeolimnologists
  4. palaeolimnology
  5. palaeolith
  6. palaeolithic
  7. palaeolithical
  8. palaeoliths
  9. Palaeologan
  10. Palaeologans
  11. Palaeologian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: palaeolithic (page history and authors); Palaeolithic (page history and authors); Paleolithic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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