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单词 barbaric
释义 bar·bar·ic
\(ˈ)bär|barik, (ˈ)bȧ|-, -rēk also -|ber-\ adjective
Etymology: Latin barbaricus foreign, barbaric, from Greek barbarikos, from barbaros foreign + -ikos -ic — more at barbarous
1. : of, relating to, or characteristic of barbarians
 < we wage bloodier and more bestial wars than our barbaric ancestors — Edward Glover >
 < full of the virility of barbaric health and vigor — William Baucke >
 < men may be considered to have risen into the barbaric state when they take to agriculture — E.B.Tylor >
2. of artistic style or expression : marked by a lack of restraint or by unchecked exuberance
 < the barbaric use of color or ornament >
: having a bizarre, primitive, or unsophisticated quality
 < the barbaric splendor of the carving — Notes and Queries >
 < the barbaric richness of color of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring >
 < I sound my barbaric yawp — Walt Whitman >
 < wild barbaric music — Sir Walter Scott >
 < the tangled, loose barbaric magnificence of the Elizabethan drama — Think >
Synonyms: see barbarian
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