单词 | barbarize |
释义 | barbarizev. 1. intransitive. To speak or write like a barbarian; to violate the laws of Latin or Greek grammar. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > err linguistically [verb (intransitive)] slipc1340 stumble1530 solecize1627 barbarize1644 1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 2 The ill habit..of wretched barbarizing against the Latin and Greek idiom. 1651 C. Barksdale Nympha Libethris i. iii. 2 If shee barbarise, like boyes at school. 1801 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 12 223 To barbarize in language. 2. transitive. a. To render barbarous. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > render uncivilized [verb (transitive)] uncivilize1603 uncivil1615 barbarize1648 rebarbarize1798 wilder1798 vandalize1800 barbarianize1856 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xv. xlix. 278 Barbarized by a mutual War. 1796 E. Burke Let. Attacks on Pension 9 The hideous changes which have since barbarized France. 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. ii. vi. 307 To distract, and barbarize the Irish. 1868 H. Bushnell Serm. Living Subj. 33 If we choose to let our hearts be barbarized. b. To corrupt or alter (language) from any classical standard or type (or what is so considered). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [verb (transitive)] > of language or writings corrumpa1340 corrupt1630 barbarize1728 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > make inelegant [verb (transitive)] botch1589 barbarize1728 crudify1899 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > abuse language [verb (transitive)] > corrupt through error vitiate1659 barbarize1728 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iv. 144 Darje was no other than Gregorio, tho' somewhat Barbarized. 1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. I. 408 The French revolutionists..almost barbarised the pure French of the Augustan age of their literature. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. 1st Ser. vi. 130 The names of the most famous European cities are mutilated or barbarized. 3. intransitive. To grow barbarous, fall into barbarism. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > be or become uncivilized [verb (intransitive)] Indianize1702 wilder1798 Hottentot1806 barbarize1824 to go native1901 1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 15 594 The Irish character..appears to be rapidly barbarizing. 1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows in C. Gibbon Casquet of Lit. I. 394/1 I felt myself sensibly barbarizing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1644 |
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