"Hottentotism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Hottentotisms [plural]
Etymology: From Hottentot + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Hottentot|ism}} Hottentot + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun}} Hottentotism (plural Hottentotisms)
  1. A word or phrase adopted from the Hottentot language.
    Sense id: en-Hottentotism-en-noun-3ivurYRm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
  2. (dated) A kind of stammer in which the words become unintelligible. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-Hottentotism-en-noun-XVM2PObB

Inflected forms

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