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Webster 1913 Edition

(ärˊkē̍-ō̍-lĭth′ĭk)

Adj.

[Gr.

ἀρχαῖοσ

ancient +

λιθικόσ

pertaining to a stone.]

(Archæol.)

Of or pertaining to the earliest Stone age; – applied to a prehistoric period preceding the Paleolithic age.