(ˈ)bär|barik, (ˈ)bȧ|-, -rēk also -|ber- adjective
Etymology: Latin barbaricus foreign, barbaric, from Greek barbarikos, from barbaros foreign + -ikos -ic — more at barbarous
1. : of, relating to, or characteristic of barbarians
we wage bloodier and more bestial wars than our barbaric ancestors — Edward Glover
full of the virility of barbaric health and vigor — William Baucke
men may be considered to have risen into the barbaric state when they take to agriculture — E.B.Tylor
2. of artistic style or expression : marked by a lack of restraint or by unchecked exuberance
the barbaric use of color or ornament
: having a bizarre, primitive, or unsophisticated quality
the barbaric splendor of the carving — Notes and Queries
the barbaric richness of color of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
I sound my barbaric yawp — Walt Whitman
wild barbaric music — Sir Walter Scott
the tangled, loose barbaric magnificence of the Elizabethan drama — Think
Synonyms: see barbarian