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.
- frame grabbing
- frame house
- Frame, Janet
- frameless
- frame level
- frame-maker
- frame narrative
- frame narrator
- frame of mind
- frame of reference
- frame pulley
- framer
- frame rate
- frame saw
- frameset
- frameshifting
- frameshift mutation
- framesmith
- frame store
- frame story
- frame stud
- frame-tale
- frame tent
- frame timbers
- frame-up