prehistoric

Definition of Prehistoric in English :

1. prehistoric, prehistorical

belonging to or existing in times before recorded history

Example Sentences:
'prehistoric settlements'
'prehistoric peoples'

2. prehistoric

of or relating to times before written history

Example Sentences:
'prehistoric archeology'

3. prehistoric

no longer fashionable

Example Sentences:
'my mother has these prehistoric ideas about proper clothes'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Prehistoric

adjective

of or relating to man's development before the appearance of the written word

adjective

of the period before recorded history

: also ˌprehisˈtorical

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or belonging to the era before recorded history.

2. Of or relating to a language before it is first recorded in writing.