adj. 1 brutal; cruel (flogging is a barbaric punishment). 2 rough and uncultured; unrestrained. 3 of or like barbarians and their art or taste; primitive. barbarically adv.
[ ME f. OF barbarique or L barbaricus f. Gk barbarikos f. barbaros foreign ]
BARBARIC
Meaning of BARBARIC in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012