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NEANDERTHAL
boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish
(adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; “was boorish and insensitive”; “the loutish manners of a bully”; “her stupid oafish husband”; “aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude”
Neanderthal, Neanderthalian, Neandertal
(adjective) relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man; “Neanderthal skull”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
neanderthal (not comparable)
Alternative letter-case form of Neanderthal
Noun
neanderthal (plural neanderthals)
Alternative letter-case form of Neanderthal
Etymology
Adjective
Neanderthal (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to Homines neanderthalenses.
Old-fashioned, opposed to change (in allusion to Homo neanderthalensis).
Of or pertaining to the Neander Valley in Germany.
Noun
Neanderthal (plural Neanderthals)
A specimen of the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis.
(pejorative) A primitive person.
Source: Wiktionary
Ne*an"der*thal`, a. (Anthropol.)
Definition: 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, designating the Neanderthal race, or man, a species supposed to have been widespread in paleolithic Europe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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16 November 2024
LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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