Barbarous word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "barbarous" word

[adjective] primitive in customs and culture
[adjective] (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"

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\Bar"ba*rous\, a. [L. barbarus, Gr. ?, strange, foreign; later, slavish, rude, ignorant; akin to L. balbus stammering, Skr. barbara stammering, outlandish. Cf. {Brave}, a.] 1. Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country. 2. Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste. [Obs.] Barbarous gold. --Dryden. 3. Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless. By their barbarous usage he died within a few days, to the grief of all that knew him. --Clarendon. 4. Contrary to the pure idioms of a language. A barbarous expression --G. Campbell. Syn: Uncivilized; unlettered; uncultivated; untutored; ignorant; merciless; brutal. See {Ferocious}.

Synonyms for barbarous

brutal, cruel, fell, inhumane, noncivilised, noncivilized, roughshod, savage, vicious

Related terms: benighted, bloodthirsty, cacophonous, diabolic, extraneous, faulty, functionally illiterate, inhumane, murderous, noncivilized, rude, ruthless, savage, slavering, uncombed, uncultured, unearthly, ungentle, ungodly, ungraceful, vulgar, wicked

The fun area, different aproach to word »barbarous«

Let's analyse "barbarous" as pure text. This string has Nine letters in Three syllables and Four vowels. 44.4% of vowels is 5.8% more then average English word. Written in backwards: SUORABRAB. Average typing speed for these characters is 2385 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -... .- .-. -... .- .-. --- ..- ...

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: barbarous: 1 + 1 + 6 + 3 = 11, reduced: 11 . and the final result is Eleven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: barbarous: 2 + 1 + 9 + 2 + 1 + 9 + 6 + 3 + 1 = 34, reduced: 7, and the final result is Seven.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (2)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
B (2)	2	High Priestess	Compassionate, Caring, Knowing
O (1)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
R (2)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong
S (1)	19	Sun	Colorful, Bright, Perceptive
U (1)	21	World	Gifted, Generous, Bountiful

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