Added 10 October 2026
barbarous
/ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹəs/ adjective
Latin root: barbarus Wiktionary
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- Not classical or pure.
- Uncivilized, uncultured.
- Mercilessly or impudently violent or cruel, savage.
Origin
Late Middle English, from Latin barbarus (“foreigner, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”).
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