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adjective
1.
uncivilized; wild; savage; crude.
2.
savagely cruel or harsh: The prisoners of war were given barbarous treatment.
3.
full of harsh sounds; noisy; discordant: an evening of wild and barbarous music.
4.
not conforming to classical standards or accepted usage, as language.
5.
EXPANDforeign; alien.
6.
COLLAPSE(among ancient Greeks) designating a person or thing of non-Greek origin.
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
EXPANDnon·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
COLLAPSE
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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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