Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌni.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/, /ˌni.əʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/
- (US) enPR: nēōlĭthīk, IPA(key): /ˌni.oʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/
- Hyphenation: Neo‧lith‧ic
Adjective
Neolithic (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the New Stone Age.
2001, Duncan J. Melville, “Tokens: the origin of mathematics”, in Mesopotamian Mathematics, archived from the original on 6 February 2007: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.
Translations
of or relating to the New Stone Age
Noun
Neolithic (plural Neolithics)
- A person who lived during the New Stone Age.
2011, Seán Lang, European History For Dummies, page 27:For the Neolithics, the stone was flint, and it's still impressive to see what they were able to achieve with it.