BARBAROUS


Meaning of BARBAROUS in English

ˈbärb(ə)rəs, ˈbȧb- adjective

Etymology: Latin barbarus, from Greek barbaros foreign, rude, ignorant; perhaps akin to Sanskrit barbara stammering, non-Aryan — more at babble

1. : characterized by the use of barbarisms in speech or writing

barbarous language

: constituting a barbarism in speech or writing

a barbarous phrase

2.

a. : barbarian , uncivilized

so barbarous are some of these jungle lands that when … mapping planes dipped low, savage Indians launched futile spears … at them — National Geographic

b. : lacking culture or refinement : philistine

a large enough advance to permit him to escape … from this barbarous country to lodgings in Paris or Rome — Harrison Smith

c. : contrary to good or fashionable standards (as of taste or deportment)

the barbarous taste of our time and country, which had loaded … the furniture with bric-a-brac — Ambrose Bierce

wolfing my dinner in order to arrive at the opera house at the barbarous hour of seven-fifteen — Winthrop Sargeant

d. : barbaric , inhumane

the crimes in this country are more barbarous — W.C.Reckless

Synonyms: see barbarian , fierce

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