Sekirov Dictionary

Neanderthal

UK /niːˈæn.dəˌtɑːl/US /niˈæn.dɚˌθɑl/

adjective4

  1. Of or pertaining to Homo neanderthalensis.
  2. (disapproving) Old-fashioned, opposed to change.
  3. (disapproving) Primitive, savage or uncivilized.
  4. Of or pertaining to the Neander Valley in Germany.

noun3

  1. a member of an extinct species of strongly built humans who lived in Europe and parts of western Asia until about 40,000 years ago
  2. a rough, rude and stupid person who behaves as if living in the time of the earliest humans
  3. (offensive) a white person, seen as no better than a primitive early human
forms

Neanderthals · neanderthals

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