Eneolithic
adj, name
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Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Describing the Copper Age, which occurred between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
"Perhaps linguists have provided a step towards the right solution in presenting evidence from Indo-European kinship terminology that the Indo-Europeans were very much into exogamy, including taking the Eneolithic equivalent of mail-order brides from afar."
- 2 Alternative form of Eneolithic. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Proper Noun
- 1 The age between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
Example
More examples"Perhaps linguists have provided a step towards the right solution in presenting evidence from Indo-European kinship terminology that the Indo-Europeans were very much into exogamy, including taking the Eneolithic equivalent of mail-order brides from afar."
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian eneolitico, from Latin aeneus (“copper, bronze”).
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