barbarous

Meaning

  1. Not classical or pure.
  2. Uncivilized, uncultured.
  3. Mercilessly or impudently violent or cruel, savage.
  4. Like a barbarian, especially in sound; noisy, dissonant.

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹəs/
Etymology

In summary

Late Middle English, from Latin barbarus (“foreigner, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”).

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