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What (who) is Hottentot - definition
Hottentot
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Hottentots; Hottentot (disambiguation); Hottentott
·noun The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its clicking sounds.
II. Hottentot ·noun One of a degraded and savage race of South Africa, with yellowish brown complexion, high cheek bones, and wooly hair growing in tufts.
Hottentot
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Hottentots; Hottentot (disambiguation); Hottentott
['h?t(?)nt?t]
¦ noun & adjective offensive used to refer to Khoikhoi peoples.
Origin
Du., perh. a repetitive formula in a Nama dancing song, transferred by Du. sailors to the people themselves, or from Ger. hotteren-totteren 'stutter' (with ref. to their click language).
Usage
The word Hottentot is now regarded as offensive with reference to people (where Khoikhoi is the standard term) but is still standard when used in the names of some animals and plants.
Hottentot fig
![Bizerte]], [[Tunisia]], near the Mediterranean Sea](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hottentots Fig.jpg?width=200 "Bizerte]], [[Tunisia]], near the Mediterranean Sea")
SPECIES OF PLANT
Hottentot fig; Hottentot Fig; Hottentot-fig; Mesembryanthemum edule; Sour fig
¦ noun a succulent mat-forming plant with bright yellow or lilac daisy-like flowers and edible fruit, native to South Africa and naturalized elsewhere. [Carpobrotus edulis.]
Examples of use of Hottentot
1. The words, "I‘m sorry I‘m late" were as alien to me as Hottentot grammar.
2. She is the author of four books of poems, "The Venus Hottentot," "Body of Life," "Antebellum Dream Book" and "American Sublime," which was the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.