barbarous
bar‧bar‧ous /ˈbɑːbərəs $ ˈbɑːr-/
adjective
SYN barbaric:
The trade in exotic birds is barbarous.
2. wild and not civilized:
a savage barbarous people
—barbarously adverb
bar‧bar‧ous /ˈbɑːbərəs $ ˈbɑːr-/
adjective Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: barbarus, from Greek barbaros 'foreign'
1. extremely cruel in a way that is shocking Language: Latin
Origin: barbarus, from Greek barbaros 'foreign'
SYN barbaric:
2. wild and not civilized:
—barbarously adverb