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- noun A
word orphrase adopted from theHottentot language. - noun dated A kind of
stammer in which the words becomeunintelligible .
Etymologies
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Hottentot + -ism
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M. Volney, though accused of Hottentotism and ignorance, preserved in his defence, all the advantages that the scurrility of his adversary gave over him.
The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature 1788
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