chalcolithic
/ˈkælkoʊˌlɪθɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Synonym of Eneolithic.
name
The Chalcolithic period; the age between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.
Example Sentences
- "The transitional period of raiding and warfare, which seems to have disrupted the life of villages in the Chalcolithic period, stimulated the growth of larger and larger defensive settlements."
- "Such an economy spreads mobile pastoralist speech traditions not only by conquest but also as settled populations shift language in response to new incentives. To the nomads of the Chalcolithic, farmers could be useful allies."
Etymology
From chalco- + -lith + -ic.