BARBAROUS


Meaning of BARBAROUS in English

— barbarously , adv. — barbarousness , n.

/bahr"beuhr euhs/ , adj.

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. foreign; alien.

6. (among ancient Greeks) designating a person or thing of non-Greek origin.

[ 1400-50; late ME barbarus bárbaros non-Greek, foreign, barbarian; akin to Skt barbara stammering, non-Aryan; see -OUS ]

Syn. 1. See barbarian. 2. ferocious, inhuman, brutal.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .