Hypertext Webster Gateway: "neanderthal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Neanderthal \Ne*an"der*thal`\, a. (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, designating the
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
neanderthal
adj 1: 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" [syn: {boorish}, {loutish}, {neandertal}, {oafish},
{swinish}]
2: relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man;
"Neanderthal skull" [syn: {Neanderthal}, {Neanderthalian},
{Neandertal}]
n : extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and
western Asia [syn: {Neandertal man}, {Neanderthal man}, {Neandertal},
{Neanderthal}, {Homo sapiens neanderthalensis}]
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