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barbarous

bar·ba·rous

UK/ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹəs/ US/ˈbɑrbɜrʌs/ rare

adjective

1.

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

  • “a barbarous crime”
  • “brutal beatings”
  • “cruel tortures”
  • “Stalin”
  • “;”
  • “;”
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Origin

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

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