paleotechnic

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English

Alternative forms

palæotechnic (archaic)

Etymology

From paleo- +‎ technic.

Adjective

paleotechnic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to ancient art.
    • 1876, Daniel Wilson, Prehistoric Man:
      The oldest art-traces of the palæotechnic men of central France not only surpass those of many savage races, but they indicate an intellectual aptitude in no degree inferior to the average Frenchman of the nineteenth century.
  2. Pertaining to a period where industry is predominantly based on the use of hand tools, craft industries, and the use of coal and iron
    paleotechnic capitalism
    paleotechnic sound poetry
    paleotechnic era
    • 1893, Patrick Geddes, Civics:
      The Neotechnic phase, though itself as yet far from completely replacing the paleotechnic order which is still quantitatively predominant in most of our cities, begins itself to show signs of a higher stage of progress, as in the co-ordination of the many industries required for the building of a ship, or in the yet more recent developments which begin to renew for us the conception of the worthy construction of a city.

Translations

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “paleotechnic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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