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Neanderthal

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Adjective, Noun
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Ne=an=der=thal

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Neanderthal has 1 sense

Adjective Neanderthal has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

Neanderthaladj. 
     uncouth in manners or appearance.  [WordNet 1.5]
Neanderthalprop. a. 
  •  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.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  •  Similar to or reminiscent of a neanderthal human; troglodytic; primitive and uncultured.  [PJC]
Neanderthalprop. n. 
  •  A neanderthal human being; a member of the race Homo sapiens neanderthalensis; as, neanderthals were shorter than modern humans.  [PJC]
  •  One resembling a neanderthal human; a troglodyte; a cave man.  [PJC]
  •  A person of primitive, unenlightened or uneducated opinions or attitudes; one with a regressive social or political outlook; -- used disparagingly.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Neanderthal, adj. of or belonging to the type of human widely distributed in palaeolithic Europe, with a retreating forehead and massive brow-ridges.

Etymology
Neanderthal, a region in W. Germany where remains were found

THESAURUS

Neanderthal

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
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