English

Adjective

Neolithic ‎(not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the New Stone Age.
   • 2001, Duncan J. Melville, Tokens: the origin of mathematics

     Tokens are first identified at around the same time as the local peoples changed from a life based on hunting and gathering to one based on agriculture. The tokens, as Schmandt-Besserat says, "were part and parcel of the Neolithic phenomenon; that is, the so-called agricultural revolution." (Before Writing 41).

   • 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), page R28:

     ... I was fascinated by a pair of stories about a Neolithic girl who wrote the first letter, and invented the first alphabet.

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Proper noun

Neolithic

1. The New Stone Age, from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE.

Synonyms

• New Stone Age

Derived terms

• Neolithic Revolution

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Related terms

• lith
• Mesolithic
• Paleolithic

English

Adjective

neolithic ‎(comparative more neolithic, superlative most neolithic)

1. (informal) hopelessly outdated

   What am I supposed to do with this neolithic piece of machinery?

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