Neanderthal
[ni'ændətɑ:l]
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neanderthal
[ noun ]

1. extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia

<noun.animal>

[ adj ]

1. relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man

<adj.pert>
Neanderthal skull

2. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance

<adj.all>
was boorish and insensitive
the loutish manners of a bully
her stupid oafish husband
aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude

Neanderthal \Ne*an"der*thal`\, prop. a.
1. (Anthropol.) Of, pertaining to, or named from, the
Neanderthal, a valley in the Rhine Province, in which were
found parts of a skeleton of an early type of man. The
skull is characterized by extreme dolichocephaly, flat,
retreating forehead, with closed frontal sutures, and
enormous superciliary ridges. The cranial capacity is
estimated at about 1,220 cubic centimeters, being about
midway between that of the {Pithecanthropus} and modern
man. Hence, pertaining to or designating the


Neanderthal \Ne*an"der*thal`\, prop. n.
1. (Anthropol.) A neanderthal human being; a member of the
race {Homo sapiens} neanderthalensis; as, neanderthals
were shorter than modern humans.
[PJC]

2. One resembling a neanderthal human; a troglodyte; a cave
man.
[PJC]

3. Hence: (Fig.) A person of primitive, unenlightened or
uneducated opinions or attitudes; one with a regressive
social or political outlook; -- used disparagingly.
[PJC]


neanderthal \neanderthal\ adj.
1. uncouth in manners or appearance.

Syn: boorish, clownish, loutish, oafish.
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