July 14, 2011

Word of the Day: Troglodyte

Troglodyte \TROG-luh-dyt\ noun

1. A member of a primitive people that lived in caves, dens, or holes; a cave dweller.
2. One who is regarded as reclusive, reactionary, out of date, or brutish.

Origin: Troglodyte comes from Latin Troglodytae, a people said to be cave dwellers, from Greek Troglodytai, from trogle, "a hole" + dyein, "to enter."

2 comments:

Falk Keuten said...

Hi Kyle: The translation from "Bajazzo, die Freude kleiner Leute" is "Pagliazzi, the joy of little people". I know nothing about this book, but you can take contact with the german "Paperblog" from Paperboxx,
could be helpful ! They edited a great book about all german movable books ("Lebende Bilder"

Greets
Falk Keuten
http://kugelbahn.blog.de/

Kyle said...

Thank you for the tip Falk! Paperboxx was very helpful. Sorry your comment ended up in the wrong post.