Teutonic

comparative more Teutonic · superlative most Teutonic · alternative obsolete Teutonick

1. Relating to the ancient Germanic people, the Teutons.
2. datedoffensiveHaving qualities that are regarded as typical of German people.

   Teutonic exactitude

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   He waited and waited, in the faith that Schinkel was dealing with them in his slow, categorical Teutonic way, and only objurgated the cabinetmaker for having in the first place paltered with his sacred trust.[…]

   1886, Henry James, The Princess Casamassima, volume 3, London: Macmillan and Co., page 190

   Sure, the map says it’s Italy, but after walking through the centuries-old market at Piazza Erbe (Obstplatz) and seeing one too many suspiciously Teutonic-looking locals munching wurst, you might think you’ve crossed the Austrian border.

   1994, Berkeley students in cooperation with the Associated Students of the University of California, “Bolzano”, in “The Dolomites and the Northeast”, in Italy on the Loose 1995 (The Berkeley Guides: The Budget Traveler’s Handbook), New York, N.Y.: Fodor’s Travel Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 85

   My disorderliness was anathema to his Teutonic soul. “Here, I will write it down. Oh, you are so chaotic. Hand me the telephone.”

   1998 August 17, Adam Gopnik, “Man Goes To See a Doctor”, in The New Yorker

3. archaicRelating to the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family.

plural Teutonics · alternative obsolete Teutonick

1. An ancient Germanic, or modern German, individual.