troglodytic

English

From Latin troglodyticus, Ancient Greek τρωγλοδυτικός (trōglodutikós, “of cave-/hole-dwellers”) from τρωγλοδύτης (trōglodútēs, “cave-/hole-dweller”) from τρώγλη (trṓglē, “hole”) + δύω (dúō, “enter, go into”), equivalent to troglodyte +‎ -ic.

troglodytic (comparative more troglodytic, superlative most troglodytic)

Of or pertaining to troglodytes, or dwellers in caves.
Synonym: troglodytish
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
  Foremost of all, of course, were the sight of the fiery caves and the certainty that some troglodytic race inhabited them.
Like or befitting a troglodyte; brutish, backwards, etc.
- 1980 December 27, Ray Olson, “Spreading The Word”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 23, page 5:
  You have my thanks for not closing debate in Community Voices, so that the late but thoughtful and intelligent contributions to a controversy isn't squelched. I've found this usually means clawing one's way through mounds of troglodytic gay male misogyny and an occasional off-the-wall lesbian interpretation of gay male sexuality, but it's worth it.