barbarous
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bər Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin barbarus < Greek bárbaros non-Greek, foreign, barbarian; akin to Sanskrit barbara stammering, non-Aryan; see -ous
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin barbarus < Greek bárbaros non-Greek, foreign, barbarian; akin to Sanskrit barbara stammering, non-Aryan; see -ous
Related forms
bar·ba·rous·ly, adverb
bar·ba·rous·ness, noun
hy·per·bar·bar·ous, adjective
hy·per·bar·bar·ous·ly, adverb
hy·per·bar·bar·ous·ness, noun
non·bar·ba·rous, adjective
non·bar·ba·rous·ly, adverb
non·bar·ba·rous·ness, noun
pre·bar·ba·rous, adjective
pre·bar·ba·rous·ly, adverb
pre·bar·ba·rous·ness, noun
un·bar·ba·rous, adjective
un·bar·ba·rous·ly, adverb
un·bar·ba·rous·ness, noun
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| —adj | |
| 1. | uncivilized; primitive |
| 2. | brutal or cruel |
| 3. | lacking refinement |
| [C15: via Latin from Greek barbaros barbarian, non-Greek, in origin imitative of incomprehensible speech; compare Sanskrit barbara stammering, non-Aryan] | |
| 'barbarously | |
| —adv | |
| 'barbarousness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
barbarous
1520s, "not Greek or Latin" (pertaining to words or language), from L. barbarus, from Gk. barbaros (see barbarian). Meaning "uncultured, savage" is recorded from 1530s; that of "savagely cruel" is from 1580s.
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Example sentences
Wild rivalries of savage, barbarous and civilized races.
The barbarous punishment devised for traitors was commuted by the king to beheading.
Inanimate nature has proved more yielding than they imagined, human nature more stubborn and barbarous than they supposed.
Gold, that barbarous relic, is having a thoroughly modern moment in the spotlight.
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