Neanderthal
adjective
- designating, of, or from a valley in the Rhine Province, Germany
- designating or of a widespread form of early human being (Homo sapiens neanderthalensis) of the Upper Pleistocene Epoch whose skeletal remains were first found in this valley
- crude or primitive
- reactionary; regressive
noun
- a Neanderthal human being
- a crude, primitive, reactionary, etc. person
See Neanderthal in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(nē-ănˈdər-thôlˌ, -tôlˌ, nā-änˈdər-tälˌ) also Ne·an·der·tal (-tôlˌ, -tälˌ)
nouna. An extinct human species (Homo neanderthalensis) or subspecies (Homo sapiens neanderthalensis) living during the late Pleistocene Epoch throughout most of Europe and parts of Asia and northern Africa and associated with Middle Paleolithic tools.
b. An individual belonging to this species or subspecies.
- Slang A crude, boorish, or slow-witted person.
adjective- Of, having to do with, or resembling Neanderthals.
- Slang Crude, boorish, or slow-witted.
Related Forms:
- Ne·anˌder·thalˈoidˌ (-thôˈloidˌ, -tôˈ-, -täˈ-) adjective
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