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11 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia
adjective ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
adjective relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man
originFrom obsolete German Neanderthal, now spelled Neandertal, the name of a valley (German Tal, older also spelled Thal) near Düsseldorf where the first Neanderthal was discovered in 1856. A hollow near the valley was known as Neanderhöhle (“Neander Hollow”) and Neandershöhle (“Neander’s Hollow”) in the early 19th century, and the valley had been renamed to Neanderthal in 1850, in honour of the…
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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