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hottentot (mass) | Hottentot
- Hotentot, hotentotčina |
hottentot (encz) | Hottentot,Hotentot Zdeněk Brož |
hottentot (encz) | Hottentot,hotentotština Zdeněk Brož |
Hottentot (gcide) | Hottentot \Hot"ten*tot\, n. [D. Hottentot; -- so called from hot
and tot, two syllables of frequent occurrence in their
language. --Wedgwood.]
1. (Ethnol.) One of a degraded
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2. The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for
its clicking sounds; the Khoisan language.
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Hottentot cherry (Bot.), a South African plant of the genus
Cassine (Cassine maurocenia), having handsome foliage,
with generally inconspicuous white or green flowers.
--Loudon.
Hottentot's bread. (Bot.) See Elephant's foot
(a), under Elephant.
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hottentot (wn) | Hottentot
n 1: any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people
of Namibia and South Africa [syn: Khoikhoin, Khoikhoi,
Hottentot] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
hottentot (mass) | Hottentot
- Hotentot, hotentotčina |
hottentot (encz) | Hottentot,Hotentot Zdeněk BrožHottentot,hotentotština Zdeněk Brož |
hottentot fig (encz) | Hottentot fig, |
Hottentot cherry (gcide) | Hottentot \Hot"ten*tot\, n. [D. Hottentot; -- so called from hot
and tot, two syllables of frequent occurrence in their
language. --Wedgwood.]
1. (Ethnol.) One of a degraded
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2. The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for
its clicking sounds; the Khoisan language.
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Hottentot cherry (Bot.), a South African plant of the genus
Cassine (Cassine maurocenia), having handsome foliage,
with generally inconspicuous white or green flowers.
--Loudon.
Hottentot's bread. (Bot.) See Elephant's foot
(a), under Elephant.
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Hottentotism (gcide) | Hottentotism \Hot"ten*tot*ism\, n.
A term employed to describe one of the varieties of
stammering. --Tylor.
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