"Hottentot" is a word in ENGLISH

Applied to one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some other languages, -- the fundamental meaning of …

To reduce or contract; usually spoken of written language

Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling.

Improper treatment or use; application to a wrong or bad purpose; misuse; as, an abuse of our natural powers; an …

In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.

The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person.

The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.

Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain.

Caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper.

Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners.

Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language.

A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon …

Proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language.

Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages.

To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked …

Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See …

Formed or characterized by agglutination, as a language or a compound.

The language, oral or written, embodying reciprocal promises.

A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are …

The language of the Alemanni.