Associations to the word «Holocene»

Wiktionary

HOLOCENE, adjective. (geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 11,000 years ago to the present; the age of man.
HOLOCENE, proper noun. (geology) The Holocene epoch.

Dictionary definition

HOLOCENE, noun. Approximately the last 10,000 years.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats