Hottentotism
/ˈhɒtntɒˌtɪz(ə)m/noun
1 Offensive. Behaviour or beliefs regarded as characteristic of, or associated with, the Hottentot (Khoekhoe) people.
2A form of stammering.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Adventurer. From Hottentot + -ism.
- double-crosser
- double-cut
- double-cut roll
- double dagger
- double date
- Doubleday, Abner
- double-dealer
- double-dealing
- double-decker
- double-declutch
- double decomposition
- double denim
- double-density
- doubled haploid
- double digging
- double-digit
- double-dip
- double-dipper
- double-dip recession
- double dissolution
- double dot
- double-double
- double down
- double dribble
- double dummy