Word Nerd Wednesday – Troglodyte

Posted 18 April 2018 by Katie in Word Nerd Wednesday / 0 Comments

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Happy Wednesday, word nerds! It’s been a while since I’ve had a Word Nerd post because I’ve had so many other things happen around here, but I’ve been waiting for the opportunity to share this week’s word since I read The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde a couple of weeks ago:

Troglodyte

What do you think it means?

(a)  a hideously deformed person;

(b)  a cave-dweller; a hermit;

(c)  a petrified human skeleton;

(d)  a type of volcanic rock.

No cheating with Google, mind you! Give it your best guess, and I’ll let you know the answer next week. 🙂

0 responses to “Word Nerd Wednesday – Troglodyte

  1. I thought this was the nasty creatures that live underground in the classic movie, The Time Machine with Rod Taylor (1960), but those are morlocks. Mmm. So, I think a troglodyte might be a cave dweller, but I really have no idea and I didn’t look it up! 🙂 Good word!

  2. Winnie Thomas

    My son wrote a song called Caveman, and he had the word troglodyte in it so I’ll go with B.

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