neanderthal

adj 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" [syn: {boorish}, {loutish}, {oafish}, {swinish}]

2: relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man;

"Neanderthal skull" [syn: {Neanderthal}, {Neanderthalian},

{Neandertal}]

n : extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and

western Asia [syn: {Neanderthal man}, {Neanderthal}, {Homo

sapiens neanderthalensis}]