Definition of neanderthalensis
1. neanderthal [ a ] ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
Examples:
"was boorish and insensitive"
"the loutish manners of a bully"
"her stupid oafish husband"
"aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"
(Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)
He was also at_the_same_time gaining practical experience as a safe_breaker and highwayman , and learning how to shoot to kill from a Neanderthal convicted murderer named Gene_Geary , later committed to Chester_Asylum as a homicidal maniac , but whose eyes misted with tears when the young Dion sang a ballad about an Irish mother in his clear and syrupy tenor .
Synonyms neanderthal loutish oafish swinish neandertal boorish Related Terms unrefined2. neanderthal [ n ] extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
Synonyms neandertal neandertal_man neanderthal neanderthal_man homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis Related Terms homo genus_Homo3. Neanderthal [ a ] relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man
Examples:
"Neanderthal skull"
4. Neanderthal [ n ] extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
Synonyms Neanderthal Homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis Neanderthal_man Related Terms homo genus_HomoSimilar Spelling
NeanderthalianNeanderthal_man
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