barbaric
adj/bɑː(ɹ)ˈbæɹɪk/ · /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbɛɹɪk/
Etymology Inherited from Middle English barbarik, from Old French barbarique (“barbarous”), from Latin barbaricus, from Ancient Greek βαρβαρικός (barbarikós, “barbaric, savage, fierce”), from βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “barbarian”) + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix). See βάρβαρος (bárbaros) for more.
1
of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth
- a barbaric attack on a doctor in a hospital
- Derived terms
- barbarically, mixo-barbaric, non-barbaric, semibarbaric