— 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.