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/bɑrbˈærɪk/ /bɑrbˈɛrɪk/ Listen

adjective

Barbaric adj.

Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; often with reference to barbarous nations of east. "Barbaric pearl and gold."

Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement. "Wild, barbaric music."

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Etymology of 'Barbaric'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Barbaric" Quotes from Famous Books

... Parte 1, lib. 1, cap. 26.] At the end of the appointed time, the candidates selected as worthy of the honors of their barbaric chivalry were presented to the sovereign, who condescended to take a principal part in the ceremony of inauguration. He began with a brief discourse, in which, after congratulating the young aspirants on the proficiency ...

— The History Of The Conquest Of Peru • William H. Prescott

... she echoed,—"to Me? No one man on earth is dearer to me than another! All are alike in my estimation,—all the same barbaric, foolish babes and children—all to be loved and pitied alike! But Sergius Thord picked me out of the streets when I was no better than a stray and starving dog,—and like a dog I serve ...

— Temporal Power • Marie Corelli

... that now," was the reply. "In his passionate, barbaric way, he certainly loved. When I revise my novel I shall try to deal ...

— A Black Adonis • Linn Boyd Porter

... effect of our social arrangements in impelling men to be zealous in business, we deem the object-lessons of biting poverty and wanton luxury on which you depended a device as weak and uncertain as it was barbaric. The lust of honor even in your sordid day notoriously impelled men to more desperate effort than the ...

— Looking Backward - 2000-1887 • Edward Bellamy

... saw me come in, she got up and remained standing in front of me, covered with her barbaric jewels, in ...

— The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume IV (of 8) • Guy de Maupassant

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