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/bɑrbˈærɪk/ /bɑrbˈɛrɪk/ Listen

adjective

Barbaric adj.

Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; often with reference to barbarous nations of east. "Barbaric pearl and gold."

Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement. "Wild, barbaric music."

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Etymology of 'Barbaric'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Barbaric" Quotes from Famous Books

... her philtre? For what had she gone to the woods this morning? What mystery was contained in the white bag which she defended with such zeal? Dunham felt as if his brain were softening. It was the limit of absurdity to be connecting these semi-barbaric fantasies with this sane and charming girl. He saw how Edna had been confounded and annoyed. Submerged by the Idea, he could not at once lift his eyes to Sylvia, although it stirred him to believe that those bright drops he had ...

— The Opened Shutters • Clara Louise Burnham

... Deeps of Space Jerry Foster Hurtles to the Moon—Only to be Trapped by a Barbaric Race and Offered as a Living Sacrifice to Oong, their Loathsome, Hypnotic God. ...

— Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 • Various

... house was one of the best specimens to be found in California of the representative house of the half barbaric, half elegant, wholly generous and free-handed life led there by Mexican men and women of degree in the early part of this century, under the rule of the Spanish and Mexican viceroys, when the laws of the Indies were still ...

— Ramona • Helen Hunt Jackson

... engaged in exploring new regions; his time was occupied in noting the salient features of the scenery, the traits of the barbaric peoples, and especially closely observing and enumerating the stars. Astronomy was a passion with him, and he passed many nights without sleep, during both voyages to the southern hemisphere, in rapt contemplation of the glorious constellations. As he rightly observed in one of his ...

— Amerigo Vespucci • Frederick A. Ober

... into the unroofed light and the sea air like a potentate, dragging a warm furred robe. She had fastened great hoops of gold in her ears, and they gave her peaked face a barbaric look. It was her policy to go in state to punishment. The little sovereign stalked with long steps and threw out ...

— The Lady of Fort St. John • Mary Hartwell Catherwood

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