[ˌiːə(ʊ)ˈlɪθɪk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- relating to or denoting a period at the beginning of the Stone Age, preceding the Palaeolithic and characterized by the earliest crude stone tools
(e.g: in the Eolithic age, natural objects of stone were adapted to human uses with little concept of form)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 19th century: from French éolithique, from Greek ēōs ‘dawn’ + lithikos (from lithos ‘stone’)

[ˌiːə(ʊ)ˈlɪθɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a period at the beginning of the Stone Age characterized by the earliest crude stone tools
(e.g: the Eolithic was of immense time duration)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 19th century: from French éolithique, from Greek ēōs ‘dawn’ + lithikos (from lithos ‘stone’)