KJV Dictionary Definition: barbaric

barbaric

BARBAR'IC, a. L. barbaricus. See Barbarian. The Romans applied this word to designate things foreign; Barbaricum aurum, gold from Asia, Virg. AEn.2.504; Barbaricoe vestes,embroidered garments from foreign nations. English writers use the word in a like sense.

Foreign; imported from foreign nations.

barbarity

BARBAR'ITY, n. See Barbarian. The manners of a barbarian; savageness; cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.

2. Barbarism; impurity of speech. The use of the word in this sense, is now superseded by barbarism.

barbarize

B'ARBARIZE, v.t. To make barbarous.

Hideous changes have barbarized France.

barbarous

B'ARBAROUS, a. Uncivilized; savage; unlettered; untutored; ignorant; unacquainted with arts; stranger to civility of manners.

Thou are a roman; be not barbarous.

2. Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; as barbarous.

barbarously

B'ARBAROUSLY, adv. In the manner of a barbarian; ignorantly; without knowledge or arts; contrary to the rules of speech.

2. In a savage, cruel, ferocious or inhuman manner.

barbarousness

B'ARBAROUSNESS, n. Rudeness or incivility of manners.

2. Impurity of language.

3. Cruelty; inhumanity; barbarity.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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