释义 |
barbarous /bärˈbə-rəs/ adjective- Falling short of the standard of correctness, classical purity, and good taste
- Unscholarly
- Corrupt, ungrammatical or unidiomatic
- Uncultured
- Uncivilized
- Brutal
- Harsh
ORIGIN: Gr barbaros foreign, literally, stammering, from the unfamiliar sound of foreign tongues barbārˈian noun - Someone without taste or refinement
- A somewhat uncivilized person
- A cruel person
- Orig someone who was not a Greek, later neither a Greek nor a Roman
- A foreigner
adjective- (also barbarˈic /bär-barˈik/) uncivilized
- Characteristic of barbarians
- Rude
- Tastelessly ornate and ostentatious
- Wild and harsh
- Foreign
barˈbarism noun - Savagery, brutal or uncivilized behaviour
- Rudeness of manners
- A form of speech offensive to scholarly taste
barbarˈity /bär-barˈi-ti/ noun - Savageness
- Cruelty
barbarization or barbarisation /bär-bər-ī-zāˈshən/ noun barˈbarize or barˈbarise transitive verb - To make barbarous
- To corrupt, as a language
barˈbarously adverb barˈbarousness noun |