Definitions for neanderthalniˈæn dərˌθɔl, neɪˈɑn dərˌtɑl; -ˌtɔl, -ˌtɑl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Ne•an•der•thalniˈæn dərˌθɔl, neɪˈɑn dərˌtɑl; -ˌtɔl, -ˌtɑl(adj.)
Category: Physical Anthropology
(often l.c.) primitive, unenlightened, or reactionary.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Informal
Category: Physical Anthropology
Ref: Neanderthal man.
(often l.c.) an unenlightened, old-fashioned, or reactionary person.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Informal
Origin of Neanderthal:
1860–65; after Neanderthal, valley in Germany where evidence of Neanderthal man was first found
Ne•an′der•thal`er(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
Neandertal man, Neanderthal man, Neandertal, Neanderthal, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis(adj)
extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish(adj)
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(adj)
relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man
"Neanderthal skull"
Wiktionary
neanderthal(Noun)
A primitive person or a person with old-fashioned ideas or who opposes change.
neanderthal(Noun)
(usually Neanderthal) A specimen of the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis.
neanderthal(Adjective)
Primitive, old-fashioned, opposed to change (in allusion to the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis).
The capacity of the Neanderthal skull was 10% larger than that of modern humans.
Neanderthal(Noun)
A specimen of the now extinct species Homo neanderthalensis.
Neanderthal(Noun)
A primitive person.
Neanderthal(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to Homines neanderthalenses.
The capacity of the Neanderthal skull was 10% larger than that of modern humans.
Neanderthal(Adjective)
Old-fashioned, opposed to change (in allusion to Homo neanderthalensis).
Neanderthal(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to the Neander Valley in Germany.
Origin: From the name of the German valley where Neanderthal 1 was discovered in 1856. The (from w:Düssel, a small tributary of the River Rhine + tal) itself was renamed (from and/or ) in the early 19 century to , and again in 1850 to w:Neanderthal, Germany; both names were in honour of the German Calvinist theologian and hymn writer Joachim Neander (1650–1680). The surname Neander is a Romanisation of the Greek translation of the original surname Neumann, for which reason Homo neanderthalensis is sometimes called New man in English.
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