Barbarous
11barbarous — adjective Etymology: Latin barbarus, from Greek barbaros foreign, ignorant Date: 15th century 1. a. uncivilized b. lacking culture or refinement ; Philistine 2. characterized by the occurrence of barbarisms …
12barbarous — 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… …
13barbarous — bar|bar|ous [ˈba:bərəs US ˈba:r ] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: barbarus, from Greek barbaros foreign ] 1.) extremely cruel in a way that is shocking = ↑barbaric ▪ The trade in exotic birds is barbarous and inhumane. 2.) wild and not… …
14barbarous — bar•ba•rous [[t]ˈbɑr bər əs[/t]] adj. 1) uncivilized; wild; savage 2) savagely cruel or harsh: barbarous treatment of war prisoners[/ex] 3) full of harsh sounds; noisy; discordant: wild and barbarous music[/ex] 4) not conforming to classical… …
15barbarous — See barbaric, barbarous …
16barbarous — bar|ba|rous [ barbərəs ] adjective 1. ) extremely violent and cruel 2. ) OLD FASHIONED violent and not educated: UNCIVILIZED: ancient Rome s barbarous neighbors …
17barbarous — [15] Originally, a barbarous person was a ‘foreigner’, anyone who did not speak your own language. Greek bárbaros meant ‘foreign, ignorant’, and it has been speculated that its ultimate signification was ‘unable to speak intelligibly’ (the… …
18barbarous — adjective 1 shockingly cruel; barbaric 2 wild and not civilized (1): a savage, barbarous people barbarously adverb …
19barbarous — UK [ˈbɑː(r)bərəs] / US [ˈbɑrbərəs] adjective extremely violent and cruel their barbarous treatment of prisoners …
20barbarous — [15] Originally, a barbarous person was a ‘foreigner’, anyone who did not speak your own language. Greek bárbaros meant ‘foreign, ignorant’, and it has been speculated that its ultimate signification was ‘unable to speak intelligibly’ (the… …
