neanderthal
Definition of neanderthal
| adj. | 1. | uncouth in manners or appearance. | | 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. | | 2. | Similar to or reminiscent of a neanderthal human; troglodytic; primitive and uncultured. | | prop. n. | 1. | (Anthropol.) A neanderthal human being; a member of the race Homo sapiens neanderthalensis; as, neanderthals were shorter than modern humans. | | 2. | One resembling a neanderthal human; a troglodyte; a cave man. | | 3. | A person of primitive, unenlightened or uneducated opinions or attitudes; one with a regressive social or political outlook; - used disparagingly. |
Related Words
Goth, Gothic, animal, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, bestial, brutal, brute, brutish, ill-bred, impolite, noncivilized, outlandish, primitive, rough-and-ready, savage, troglodyte, troglodytic, uncivil, uncivilized, uncombed, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unkempt, unlicked, unpolished, unrefined, untamed, wild
|
Browse
Nayaur
Nayt
Nayward
Nayword
Nazarene
Nazarite
Nazariteship
Nazaritic
Nazaritism
naze
Nazirite
ne
Ne . . . ne
Ne exeat
Ne plus ultra
Ne Temere
Ne'er
Ne'er-do-well
Neaf
Neal
-neanderthal-
Neanderthalian
Neanderthaloid
Neap
Neap tides
Neaped
Neapolitan
Neapolitan ice
Neapolitan medlar
Near
Near beer
Near the wind
Near-legged
nearby
Nearctic
nearer
Nearhand
Nearly
Nearness
Nearsighted
Nearsightedness
|
|
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
|