troglodyte

n.

1. 1. A member of a fabulous or prehistoric race of people that lived in caves, dens, or holes.
   2. A person considered to be reclusive, reactionary, out of date, or brutish.
2. 1. An anthropoid ape, such as a gorilla or chimpanzee.
   2. An animal that lives underground, as an ant or a worm.

[From Latin Trōglodytae, a people said to be cave dwellers, from Greek Trōglodutai, alteration (influenced by trōglē, hole, and -dutai, those who enter) of Trōgodutai.]

troglodytic trog'lo·dyt'ic (-dĭt'ĭk) or trog'lo·dyt'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.

[Commodore]

1. A hacker who never leaves his cubicle. The term gnoll (from Dungeons & Dragons) is also reported.

2. A curmudgeon attached to an obsolescent computing environment. The combination ITS troglodyte was flung around some during the Usenet and email wringle-wrangle attending the 2.x.x revision of the Jargon File; at least one of the people it was intended to describe adopted it with pride.

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

Specifically, a cave-dweller of the paleolithic period, after the Tree and before the Flat. A famous community of troglodytes dwelt with David in the Cave of Adullam. The colony consisted of "every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented" -- in brief, all the Socialists of Judah.

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IN BRIEF: Someone who dwells in a cave, lives in solitude.

For the first time, opening a fashion magazine didn't make me feel like a cloddish troglodyte who needed fixing. — Janelle Brown

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - huleboer

Nederlands (Dutch)
holbewoner

Français (French)
n. - troglodyte

Deutsch (German)
n. - Höhlenbewohner, Einsiedler

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τρωγλοδύτης, (μτφ.) ερημίτης

Italiano (Italian)
troglodita

Português (Portuguese)
n. - troglodita (m), eremita (m), anacoreta (m)

Русский (Russian)
пещерный человек

Español (Spanish)
n. - troglodita

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - troglodyt, grottmänniska

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
穴居人, 老顽固, 隐居者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 穴居人, 老頑固, 隱居者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 혈거인, 은자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 穴居人, 隠者, 類人猿, 世事にうとい人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قرد شبيه بالأنسان, ساكن ألكهوف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שוכן-מערות, בעיקר בתקופה הקדם-היסטורית, נזיר מתבודד, אדם בעל דיעות מיושנות‬

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