[ noun ] any of the Khoisan languages spoken by the pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa <noun.communication>
Hottentot \Hot"ten*tot\, n. [D. Hottentot; -- so called from hot and tot, two syllables of frequent occurrence in their language. --Wedgwood.] 1. (Ethnol.) One of a degraded
2. The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its clicking sounds; the {Khoisan} language. [1913 Webster +PJC]
{Hottentot cherry} (Bot.), a South African plant of the genus {Cassine} ({Cassine maurocenia}), having handsome foliage, with generally inconspicuous white or green flowers. --Loudon.
{Hottentot's bread}. (Bot.) See {Elephant's foot} (a), under {Elephant}.
Mr. Hope chose exile in 1974, but exiles, like his characters in "The Hottentot Room," can be obsessed by the home they left behind.
Marc Bohan at Dior branched out into tongue-in-cheek fantasy by pairing a feathery fright wig with all the allure of a jungle "Hottentot" to go with a draped zebra-striped dress.