hottentot Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa
    Khoikhoi; Khoikhoin.

WordNet

Hot"ten*tot noun
Etymology
D. Hottentot; -- so called from hot and tot, two syllables of frequent occurrence in their language. Wedgwood.
Definitions
  1. (Ethnol.) One of a degraded "pastoral", in MW10 and savage race of South Africa, with yellowish brown complexion, high cheek bones, and wooly hair growing in tufts. = The tribes speaking Khoisan; Bushman
  2. The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its clicking sounds. = Khoisan

Webster 1913