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| bar·ba·rous [ brbərəss ] |
adjective |
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1. extremely cruel: showing extreme cruelty
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2. uncivilized: characterized by an uncivilized culture
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sometimes considered offensive
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3. not sophisticated: lacking sophistication or refinement
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4. ungrammatical: using ungrammatical language
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| [15th century. Via Latin barbarus< Greek barbaros "non-Greek, foreign, ignorant, uncivilized"] |
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  bar·ba·rous·ly adverb |
| bar·ba·rous·ness noun |
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