barbarous

== English == === Alternative forms === (obsolete) barbarouse === Etymology === Late Middle English, from Latin barbarus (“foreigner, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹəs/ === Adjective === barbarous (comparative more barbarous, superlative most barbarous) (said of language) Not classical or pure. Uncivilized, uncultured. Mercilessly or impudently violent or cruel, savage. Like a barbarian, especially in sound; noisy, dissonant. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== barbarian barbaric ==== Translations ====