HOTTENTOT


Meaning of HOTTENTOT in English

n. & adj.

n. 1 a member of a stocky Negroid people of SW Africa. 2 their language.

adj. of this people.

[ Afrik., perh. = stammerer, with ref. to their mode of pronunc. ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.