Troglodyte is a word sometimes used in a general way as a synonym for "caveman." It's a Greek word that, literally translated, means "someone who lives in a hole." There are historical and Biblical references to a tribe of people on the western coast of Africa who lived in caves, called Troglodyti or Troglodytae.
Troglodyte is a word sometimes used in a general way as a synonym for "caveman." It's a Greek word that, literally translated, means "someone who lives in a hole." There are historical and Biblical references to a tribe of people on the western coast of Africa who lived in caves, called Troglodyti or Troglodytae.