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