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Hottentotism

Hot′ten-tot-ism

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Noun.
A term employed to describe one of the varieties of stammering.
Tylor.

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Hottentotism

Hottentotism

English

Noun

Hottentotism (plural Hottentotisms)

  1. A word or phrase adopted from the Hottentot language.
    Hottentotisms in Afrikaans
  2. (dated) A kind of stammer in which the words become unintelligible.
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