barbaric
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Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle English barbarik, from Old French barbarique (“barbarous”), from Latin barbaricus, from Ancient Greek βαρβαρικός (barbarikós, “barbaric, savage, fierce”), from βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “barbarian”) + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix). See βάρβαρος (bárbaros) for more.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
barbaric (comparative more barbaric, superlative most barbaric)
- of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth
- Antonym: nonbarbaric
- a barbaric attack on a doctor in a hospital
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Translations[edit]
uncivilised
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