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barbarousness|ˈbɑːbərəsnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being barbarous; the degree of barbarism or barbarity: a. in language.
1548Coverdale Erasm. Par. 2 Cor. xi. 6 He confesseth his rudenes and barbarousnes in language. 1564Haward Eutrop. To Rdr., The barbarousnesse..of thys our Englyshe tounge. 1861Wright Ess. Archæol. II. xxiii. 257 The barbarousness of monkish Latin.
b. in behaviour, condition, culture, or art.
1549Latimer Serm. bef. Edw. VI, v. (Arb.) 140 That wyl brynge the Realme into a verye barbarousnes and vtter decaye of learnynge. 1761Hume Hist. Eng. I. vi. 147 From the barbarousness of the country. 1866Sat. Rev. 3 Mar. 256/1 A substantial resemblance..between the barbarousness of different periods.
c. in cruelty; = barbarity 2.
1548Udall, etc., Erasm. Par. Mark v. 4 Cruell barbarousnesse of certain nations. 1680Morden Geog. Rect. 460 Its Piracies..and its Barbarousness to its captives. |