Neanderthaloid

[ nee-an-der-thaw-loid, -taw-, -tah-; ney-ahn-der-tah-loid ]

adjective

1. resembling or characteristic of the physical type of Neanderthal man.

noun

1. a fossil human having characteristics like those of Neanderthal man.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Neanderthaloid¹

First recorded in 1885–90; Neanderthal + -oid

Example Sentences

Neanderthaloid, nē-an′dėr-tal-oid, adj. like the low type of skull found in 1857 in a cave in the Neanderthal, a valley between D�sseldorf and Elberfeld.

From Project Gutenberg

And, if the differences between the Neanderthaloid men and ourselves could be divided into as many parts as that time contains centuries, the progress from part to part would probably be almost imperceptible.

From Project Gutenberg

Undoubtedly there is an abysmal difference between the Neanderthaloid race and the comely living specimens of the blond long-heads with whom we are familiar.

From Project Gutenberg

Some of them blended with bulky Neanderthaloid types, produced a fairly stable hybrid group.

From Time Magazine Archive

These were the Neanderthaloid races.

From Project Gutenberg