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单词 barbarous
释义 bar·ba·rous
\ˈbärb(ə)rəs, ˈbȧb-\ adjective
Etymology: Latin barbarus, from Greek barbaros foreign, rude, ignorant; perhaps akin to Sanskrit barbara stammering, non-Aryan — more at babble
1. : characterized by the use of barbarisms in speech or writing
 < barbarous language >
: constituting a barbarism in speech or writing
 < a barbarous phrase >
2.
 a. : barbarian, uncivilized
  < so barbarous are some of these jungle lands that when … mapping planes dipped low, savage Indians launched futile spears … at them — National Geographic >
 b. : lacking culture or refinement : philistine
  < a large enough advance to permit him to escape … from this barbarous country to lodgings in Paris or Rome — Harrison Smith >
 c. : contrary to good or fashionable standards (as of taste or deportment)
  < the barbarous taste of our time and country, which had loaded … the furniture with bric-a-brac — Ambrose Bierce >
  < wolfing my dinner in order to arrive at the opera house at the barbarous hour of seven-fifteen — Winthrop Sargeant >
 d. : barbaric, inhumane
  < the crimes in this country are more barbarous — W.C.Reckless >
Synonyms: see barbarian, fierce
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