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palaeolithical

palaeolithical is the alternative form 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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Questions about palaeolithical

What is palaeolithical the alternative form of?
Palaeolithical is the alternative form of Paleolithic.

Words near palaeolithical in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: palaeolithical (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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