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Neolithic

Pronunciation: /ˌni.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/

The English word “Neolithic” has 3 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. The period of prehistory from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE.

adjective

  1. Of or relating to the New Stone Age.

noun

  1. A person who lived during the New Stone Age.

Etymology

From neo- + -lithic. Coined by English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, in 1865 as a refinement of the three-age system.

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