barbarous
adjective
uncivilized; wild; savage; crude.
barbarousness
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a word derived from
barbarous.
Example Sentences
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Few constructions, though, can match “bleisure” for barbarousness.
From Economist ● Jun. 13, 2017
Curious enough, but still more scandalous, that we should have the impudence to talk of our humanity, and our civilization, and of the barbarousness of our forefathers.
From Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend by William Cobbett
As MERCURY, by his eloquence, reclaimed men from their barbarousness and cruelty: so ORPHEUS, by his music, subdued fierce beasts and wild birds.
From An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments by Professor Thomas Seccombe Arber
"Certainly I must confess my own barbarousness; I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet."
From English literary criticism by Various
I would very fain have the words that the Lords used of my barbarousness in accusing him falsely.'
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by W. (William) Stebbing
