Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
hypothetical hybrid of a malechimpanzee and a femalehuman
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Blend of chimpanzee and human
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word chuman.
Examples
-
Often a promontory was crowned with one of the many-storied white "chuman" pagodas of Szechuan, while in the face of a cliff I could now and then discern openings which I knew were the famous, mysterious cave-dwellings of a bygone time and an unknown people found all about Chia-ting.
A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Elizabeth Kimball Kendall
-
"chuman" pagodas of, 204; the river the sole highway to, 219; future of, 219, 220;
A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Elizabeth Kimball Kendall
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.