PREHISTORY

prehistory, prehistoric culture

(noun) the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

prehistory (countable and uncountable, plural prehistories)

(properly) History before written records, inclusive of both

The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times.

The study of those times.

(jocular, hyperbole) Any past time (even recent) treated as such a distant, unknowable era.

(often as pre-history) The history leading up to some event, condition, etc.

Synonyms

• (time before written records): prehistoric age, prehistoric times

Antonyms

• posthistory

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.

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