Ne·an·der·thal /niˈændərˌθɔl/
1. extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
synset: Neandertal_man, Neanderthal_man, Neandertal, Neanderthal, Homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis
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"
synset: boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish
2. relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man; "Neanderthal skull"
synset: Neanderthal, Neanderthalian, Neandertal
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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