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barbarous

bar·ba·rous [ brbərəss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. extremely cruel: showing extreme cruelty

2. uncivilized: characterized by an uncivilized culture ( sometimes considered offensive )

3. not sophisticated: lacking sophistication or refinement

4. ungrammatical: using ungrammatical language

[15th century. Via Latin barbarus< Greek barbaros "non-Greek, foreign, ignorant, uncivilized"]

bar·ba·rous·ly adverb
bar·ba·rous·ness noun
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