| palaeo-, esp (US) palae-, esp (US) paleo- or esp (US) pale- | |
| —combining form | |
| old, ancient, or prehistoric: palaeography | |
| [from Greek palaios old] | |
| palae-, esp (US) palae-, esp (US) paleo- or esp (US) pale- | |
| —combining form | |
| [from Greek palaios old] | |
| paleo-, esp (US) palae-, esp (US) paleo- or esp (US) pale- | |
| —combining form | |
| [from Greek palaios old] | |
| pale-, esp (US) palae-, esp (US) paleo- or esp (US) pale- | |
| —combining form | |
| [from Greek palaios old] | |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| paleo- or (before a vowel) pale- | |
| —combining form | |
| variants (esp US) of palaeo- | |
| pale- or (before a vowel) pale- | |
| —combining form | |
paleo- or pale-
pref.
Ancient; prehistoric; old: paleopathology.
Early; primitive: paleokinetic.
| paleo-
A prefix that means "prehistoric" (as in paleontology) or "early or primitive" (as in Paleolithic). |